Understanding Probability and Statistics

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Ruma Falk
Understanding Probability and Statistics
A Book of Problems
"Ruma Falk's contribution is on a very different plane. Combining a mastery of the mathematical roots of uncertainty with unusual insights into the psychological barriers to integrating them into one's mindset, these problems lead to the heart of the matter of 'both knowing, and knowing that one knows."'
- Dr. Kurt Kreith Department of Mathematics University of California - Davis
"I cannot praise this work too highly. It is unique in both its conception and execution. It would never occur to me that a book of problems in statistics could so enrich the understanding of the subject."
- Dr. Jacob Cohen, Professor Emeritus Department of Psychology
New York University
"I found this collection of problems to be a wonderful resource for statistics educators, which can be
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used as a supplement to any course or textbook I know this is a resource I will be using quite often and will share with my... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Ruma Falk
Understanding Probability and Statistics
A Book of Problems
"Ruma Falk's contribution is on a very different plane. Combining a mastery of the mathematical roots of uncertainty with unusual insights into the psychological barriers to integrating them into one's mindset, these problems lead to the heart of the matter of 'both knowing, and knowing that one knows."'
- Dr. Kurt Kreith Department of Mathematics University of California - Davis
"I cannot praise this work too highly. It is unique in both its conception and execution. It would never occur to me that a book of problems in statistics could so enrich the understanding of the subject."
- Dr. Jacob Cohen, Professor Emeritus Department of Psychology
New York University
"I found this collection of problems to be a wonderful resource for statistics educators, which can be
Isu
used as a supplement to any course or textbook I know this is a resource I will be using quite often and will share with my colleagues."
- Dr. Joan Garfield The General College University of Minnesota
"It is a text which I would heartily recommend to all who teach probability and statistics."
- Dr. David Green
Department of Mathematical Sciences Loughborough University of Technology
Understanding Probability and Statistics is a book of creative statistical problems intended to allay the mathematical fears of the average student through "experiencing the revelation of understanding." The collection encompasses a range of problems from high-school to graduate level and takes the active, hands-on approach to the assimilation of basic concepts. Through the use of humor and the familiar, the author has made an often overwhelming subject less intimidating. Because neither calculus nor other techniques of higher mathematics are required for arriving at solutions, the book is quite appropriate for non-mathematicians. However, this text may be of benefit to the more mathematically inclined as well, because although technically elementary, it is conceptually advanced. Vissza