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Yoüre confused about that false positive warning in that drug commercial, the 2007 comedy Juno explains how medical tests ¿ including pregnancy tests ¿ fail and why. Not clear about what your coworkers are talking about when they say, ¿black swans.¿ the 1997 blockbuster Titanic makes sense of the concept.
Adventures in Statistics: How We Live in a World of Numbers shows how professionals in medicine, business, politics, sports, and many other fields use numbers. So, just about everyone would gain from reading this book, perhaps even basket weavers.
Yoüre confused about that false positive warning in that drug commercial, the 2007 comedy Juno explains how medical tests ¿ including pregnancy tests ¿ fail and why. Not clear about what your coworkers are talking about when they say, ¿black swans.¿ the 1997 blockbuster Titanic makes sense of the concept.
Adventures in Statistics: How We Live in a World of Numbers shows how professionals in medicine, business, politics, sports, and many other fields use numbers. So, just about everyone would gain from reading this book, perhaps even basket weavers.
Rob Stewart is currently an assistant professor in the School of Business at Molloy University. Prior to joining Molloy University in 2024, he worked at JP Morgan Chase in the Model Risk Group as a quantitative risk specialist. Before joining the model risk group at Chase, Dr. Stewart spent more than seven years as a quantitative operational risk specialist in the supervision and regulation department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He also spent time at American Express and Discover Financial Services in various roles around the quantitative aspects of consumer credit.
Chapter 1. Average.- Chapter 2. Coin Flips.- Chapter 3. First Principles.- Chapter 4. Black Swans.- Chapter 5. Black Swans.- Chapter 6. Counting.- Chapter 7. Correlation.- Chapter 8. Juking the Stats.- Chapter 9. Nirvana Fallacy.- Chapter 10. Statistics Hall of Fame.- Epilogue: Top Ten Podcast Episodes about Statistics.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
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Fachbereich: | Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie |
Genre: | Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Copernicus Books |
Inhalt: |
ix
122 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 13 farbige Illustr. 122 p. 14 illus. 13 illus. in color. |
ISBN-13: | 9783031612831 |
ISBN-10: | 3031612833 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Stewart, Robert T. |
Hersteller: |
Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing AG Copernicus Books |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Robert T. Stewart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.07.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,213 kg |
Rob Stewart is currently an assistant professor in the School of Business at Molloy University. Prior to joining Molloy University in 2024, he worked at JP Morgan Chase in the Model Risk Group as a quantitative risk specialist. Before joining the model risk group at Chase, Dr. Stewart spent more than seven years as a quantitative operational risk specialist in the supervision and regulation department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He also spent time at American Express and Discover Financial Services in various roles around the quantitative aspects of consumer credit.
Chapter 1. Average.- Chapter 2. Coin Flips.- Chapter 3. First Principles.- Chapter 4. Black Swans.- Chapter 5. Black Swans.- Chapter 6. Counting.- Chapter 7. Correlation.- Chapter 8. Juking the Stats.- Chapter 9. Nirvana Fallacy.- Chapter 10. Statistics Hall of Fame.- Epilogue: Top Ten Podcast Episodes about Statistics.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie |
Genre: | Mathematik, Medizin, Naturwissenschaften, Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Copernicus Books |
Inhalt: |
ix
122 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 13 farbige Illustr. 122 p. 14 illus. 13 illus. in color. |
ISBN-13: | 9783031612831 |
ISBN-10: | 3031612833 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Stewart, Robert T. |
Hersteller: |
Springer Nature Switzerland
Springer International Publishing AG Copernicus Books |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 8 mm |
Von/Mit: | Robert T. Stewart |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.07.2024 |
Gewicht: | 0,213 kg |