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Discover probability : how to use it, how to avoid misusing it, and how it affects every aspect of your life / Arieh Ben-Naim.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, c2015.Description: xix, 318 p. : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789814616324 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.2 23 B456
Contents:
1. What is probability? -- 2. How do we calculate probabilities? -- 3. The axiomatic approach to probability -- 4. Independence and dependence between events -- 5. Bayes' theorem and its applications -- 6. Average, variance and random variables -- 7. Probability distributions -- 8. Shannon's measure of information-- Notes-- References and suggested reading-- Index.
Summary: This is a unique book which explains the concept of probability and its applications with almost no mathematics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is probability? --
2. How do we calculate probabilities? --
3. The axiomatic approach to probability --
4. Independence and dependence between events --
5. Bayes' theorem and its applications --
6. Average, variance and random variables --
7. Probability distributions --
8. Shannon's measure of information--
Notes--
References and suggested reading--
Index.

This is a unique book which explains the concept of probability and its applications with almost no mathematics.

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