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by Horace C. Levinson
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ISBN: 0486419975 Dover Publications Price: $14.95 |
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In simple, non-technical language, this volume explores the fundamentals governing chance and applies them to sports, government, and business. Topics include the theory of probability in relation to superstitions, betting odds, warfare, social problems, stocks, and other areas. "Clear and lively ... remarkably accurate." — Scientific Monthly.
Table of Contents for Chance, Luck, and Statistics
| Preface to Dover Edition | |||||||
| Foreword | |||||||
| PART I: CHANCE | |||||||
| Chapter I " Chance, Luck and Statistics" | |||||||
| Chapter II Gamblers and Scientists | |||||||
| Chapter III The World of Superstition | |||||||
| Chapter IV Fallacies | |||||||
| Chapter V The Grammer of Chance | |||||||
| "Chapter VI "Heads or Tails" | |||||||
| Chapter VII Betting and Expectation | |||||||
| Chapter VIII Who Is Going to Win? | |||||||
| Chapter IX Chance and Speculation | |||||||
| Chapter X Poker Chances | |||||||
| Chapter XI Poker Chances and Strategy | |||||||
| Chapter XII Roulette | |||||||
| "Chapter XIII Lotteries, Craps, Bridge" | |||||||
| PART II: STATISTICS | |||||||
| Chapter XIV From Chance to Statistics | |||||||
| Chapter XV Chance and Statistics | |||||||
| Chapter XVI Fallacies in Statistics | |||||||
| Chapter XVII Statistics at Work | |||||||
| Chapter XVIII Advertising and Statistics | |||||||
| Chapter XIX Business and Statistics | |||||||
| Appendix I | |||||||
| Appendix II | |||||||
| Index |