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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 114
Pages: 114
Authors: Bruce Frey
- 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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 114
Pages: 114
Authors: Bruce Frey