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The Story of Chance: What's Luck Got to Do with It?

By Michael , Orkin

Book information

Publisher
Kendall Hunt Publishing Company
Year
2024
ISBN
9798385122530
ASIN
B0DCFLPF8H
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15969465 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
202\202
Topic
Mathematics\\Mathematicsematical Statistics
Orientation
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2024-10-17 06:11:36
Statistics

Description

Why does a lucky lottery winner need unlucky losers? Can an octopus pick winners of football games? What’s the Karaoke strategy? How can you tell whether a fortune teller has psychic powers or is just lucky? Was Humpty Dumpty accident prone? What is the “margin of error” in opinion polls? How do you tell the difference between luck and skill? What’s resemblance stereotyping? How did the former crypto king con himself? What’s the Rashomon effect? How is it possible that a TV pundit has predicted every stock market crash for the past thirty years? Dr. Mike Orkin answers these questions and more.

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