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Statistics Hacks: Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds

ISBN: 0596101643
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 114

Authors: Bruce Frey

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• Statistics Hacks
• Table of Contents
• credits Credits
• Preface
• Chapter 1. The Basics
• Hack 1. Know the Big Secret
• Hack 2. Describe the World Using Just Two Numbers
• Hack 3. Figure the Odds
• Hack 4. Reject the Null
• Hack 5. Go Big to Get Small
• Hack 6. Measure Precisely
• Hack 7. Measure Up
• Hack 8. Power Up
• Hack 9. Show Cause and Effect
• Hack 10. Know Big When You See It
• Chapter 2. Discovering Relationships
• Hack 11. Discover Relationships
• Hack 12. Graph Relationships
• Hack 13. Use One Variable to Predict Another
• Hack 14. Use More Than One Variable to Predict Another
• Hack 15. Identify Unexpected Outcomes
• Hack 16. Identify Unexpected Relationships
• Hack 17. Compare Two Groups
• Hack 18. Find Out Just How Wrong You Really Are
• Hack 19. Sample Fairly
• Hack 20. Sample with a Touch of Scotch
• Hack 21. Choose the Honest Average
• Hack 22. Avoid the Axis of Evil
• Chapter 3. Measuring the World
• Hack 23. See the Shape of Everything
• Hack 24. Produce Percentiles
• Hack 25. Predict the Future with the Normal Curve
• Hack 26. Give Raw Scores a Makeover
• Hack 27. Standardize Scores
• Hack 28. Ask the Right Questions
• Hack 29. Test Fairly
• Hack 30. Improve Your Test Score While Watching Paint Dry
• Hack 31. Establish Reliability
• Hack 32. Establish Validity
• Hack 33. Predict the Length of a Lifetime
• Hack 34. Make Wise Medical Decisions
• Chapter 4. Beating the Odds
• Hack 35. Gamble Smart
• Hack 36. Know When to Hold Em
• Hack 37. Know When to Fold Em
• Hack 38. Know When to Walk Away
• Hack 39. Lose Slowly at Roulette
• Hack 40. Play in the Black in Blackjack
• Hack 41. Play Smart When You Play the Lottery
• Hack 42. Play with Cards and Get Lucky
• Hack 43. Play with Dice and Get Lucky
• Hack 44. Sharpen Your Card-Sharping
• Hack 45. Amaze Your 23 Closest Friends
• Hack 46. Design Your Own Bar Bet
• Hack 47. Go Crazy with Wild Cards
• Hack 48. Never Trust an Honest Coin
• Hack 49. Know Your Limit
• Chapter 5. Playing Games
• Hack 50. Avoid the Zonk
• Hack 51. Pass Go, Collect 200, Win the Game
• Hack 52. Use Random Selection as Artificial Intelligence
• Hack 53. Do Card Tricks Through the Mail
• Hack 54. Check Your iPod s Honesty
• Hack 55. Predict the Game Winners
• Hack 56. Predict the Outcome of a Baseball Game
• Hack 57. Plot Histograms in Excel
• Hack 58. Go for Two
• Hack 59. Rank with the Best of Them
• Hack 60. Estimate Pi by Chance
• Chapter 6. Thinking Smart
• Hack 61. Outsmart Superman
• Hack 62. Demystify Amazing Coincidences
• Hack 63. Sense the Real Randomness of Life
• Hack 64. Spot Faked Data
• Hack 65. Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
• Hack 66. Play a Tune on Pascal s Triangle
• Hack 67. Control Random Thoughts
• Hack 68. Search for ESP
• Hack 69. Cure Conjunctionitus
• Hack 70. Break Codes with Etaoin Shrdlu
• Hack 71. Discover a New Species
• Hack 72. Feel Connected
• Hack 73. Learn to Ride a Votercycle
• Hack 74. Live Life in the Fast Lane (You re Already In)
• Hack 75. Seek Out New Life and New Civilizations
• Colophon
• Index
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