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Fung, Kaiser.

Numbers rule your world : the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you do / Kaiser Fung. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010. - xv, 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Fast passes are to slow merges : the discontent of being averaged -- Bagged spinach is to bad score : the virtue of being wrong -- Item bank is to risk pool : the dilemma of being together -- Timid testers are to magic lassos : the sway of being asymmetric -- Jet crashes are to jackpots : the power of being impossible -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 9780071626538 (alk. paper) 0071626530 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2009051809

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA9B5340 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015432572 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statistics--Social aspects.
Probabilities--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: HA29 / .F845 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 519.5