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Chance, Luck, And Statistics

Author: Levinson, Horace C.
Hardback; Book
357 pages
Published: November 2001
Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486419975

In simple, nontechnical language, the author explores the fundamentals governing chance and applies them to statistics relevant to sports, government, business, and other fields. Part I concerns the theory of probability, with discussions of superstitions, fallacies, betting odds, the law of mathematical expectation, and specific applications of probability to poker, roulette, lotteries, dice games, bridge, and other games involving chance. Part II moves from the theory of probability into its applications in the area of statistics, including discussions of normal frequency distributions, the dangers of misusing statistics, and the application of statistics to a variety of fields -- strategic warfare, sports, social problems, stock speculation, and other areas.Readers who want a clearer idea of why the casinos are taking their money may find this book enlightening. The theory of probability is described for the non-mathematician by using games of chance for illustration. Readers are then instructed how to apply the principle behind probability theory to s

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