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Probability for Dummies Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition

by Deborah J. Rumsey

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Expanding upon students' intuitive understanding of the concept of probability through use of examples and clear explanations of mathematics behind this fascinating science, this guide is packed with real-life examples and includes sample problems with a minimal reliance on complicated calculus.

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Packed with practical tips and techniques for solving probability problems


Increase your chances of acing that probability exam -- or winning at the casino!

Whether you're hitting the books for a probability or statistics course or hitting the tables at a casino, working out probabilities can be problematic. This book helps you even the odds. Using easy-to-understand explanations and examples, it demystifies probability -- and even offers savvy tips to boost your chances of gambling success!

Discover how to
* Conquer combinations and permutations
* Understand probability models from binomial to exponential
* Make good decisions using probability
* Play the odds in poker, roulette, and other games

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You've heard it, thought it, and said it before: "What are the odds of that happening?"

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Packed with practical tips and techniques for solving probability problems

Increase your chances of acing that probability exam -- or winning at the casino!

Whether you're hitting the books for a probability or statistics course or hitting the tables at a casino, working out probabilities can be problematic. This book helps you even the odds. Using easy-to-understand explanations and examples, it demystifies probability -- and even offers savvy tips to boost your chances of gambling success!

Discover how to

  • Conquer combinations and permutations
  • Understand probability models from binomial to exponential
  • Make good decisions using probability
  • Play the odds in poker, roulette, and other games

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  • Title Probability for Dummies
  • Author Deborah J. Rumsey
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher For Dummies, New Jersey
  • Publication date April 3, 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780471751410 / 0471751413
  • Weight 1.15 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 7.2 x 1 in (22.86 x 18.29 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Mathematics
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005938252
  • Dewey Decimal Code 519.2

About the author

Deborah Rumsey has a PhD in Statistics from The Ohio State University (1993). Upon graduating, she joined the faculty in the Department of Statistics at Kansas State University, where she won the distinguished Presidential Teaching Award and earned tenure and promotion in 1998. In 2000, she returned to Ohio State and is now a Statistics Education Specialist/Auxiliary Faculty Member for the Department of Statistics. Dr. Rumsey has served on the American Statistical Association's Statistics Education Executive Committee and is the Editor of the Teaching Bits section of the Journal of Statistics Education. She's the author of the books Statistics For Dummies and Statistics Workbook For Dummies (Wiley). She also has published many papers and given many professional presentations on the subject of Statistics Education. Her particular research interests are curriculum materials development, teacher training and support, and immersive learning environments. Her passions, besides teaching, include her family, fishing, bird watching, driving a new Kubota tractor on the family "farm," and Ohio State Buckeye football (not necessarily in that order).

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