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Popular Instructions on the Calculation of Probabilities
To Which Are Appended Notes by Richard Beamish
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108064439
Veröffentl:
2013
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
22.08.2013
Seiten:
180
Autor:
Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet
Gewicht:
235 g
Format:
216x140x10 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The 1839 English translation of an 1828 work on probability by Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874), pioneer of social statistics.
Editor's preface; Author's preface; Signs employed in this work; 1. Certainty and probability; 2. Mathematical probability; 3. Simple and compound probabilities; 4. Relative probabilities; 5. Repeated trials; 6. Particular cases of the calculation of mathematical probabilities; 7. Manner of examining probabilities; 8. Mathematical expectation; 9. Moral expectation; 10. Lotteries; 11. Calculation of probabilities when the number of favourable chances are not known; 12. Calculation of probabilities when the number of chances is unknown; 13. The mode of taking mean results; 14. The measure of the degree of approximation of a mean result; 15. Application of the calculation of probabilities to human life; 16. Assurances and life annuities; 17. Probabilities of witnesses; 18. Decisions of tribunals and elections; 19. Conclusion; Notes.