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Statistics Hacks: Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds
Statistics Hacks: Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds
ISBN: 0596101643
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 114
Authors:
Bruce Frey
BUY ON AMAZON
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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Statistics Hacks: Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds
ISBN: 0596101643
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 114
Authors:
Bruce Frey
BUY ON AMAZON
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