Introducing Statistics
Download Introducing Statistics full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free Introducing Statistics ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Introducing Statistics
Author | : Eileen Magnello |
Publisher | : Icon Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2014-06-05 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 1848317735 |
Download Introducing Statistics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics are routinely 'damning', 'horrifying', or, occasionally, 'encouraging'. Yet, for all their ubiquity, most of us really don't know what to make of statistics. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, Eileen Magnello - accompanied by Bill Mayblin's intelligent graphic illustration - traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe. She explores the 'vital statistics' of, in particular, William Farr, and the mathematical statistics of Karl Pearson and R.A. Fisher.She even tells how knowledge of statistics can prolong one's life, as it did for evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, given eight months to live after a cancer diagnoses in 1982 - and he lived until 2002. This title offers an enjoyable, surprise-filled tour through a subject that is both fascinating and crucial to understanding our world.
Introducing Statistics Related Books
Pages: 342
Pages: 617
Pages: 0
Pages: 914
Pages: 633