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Packed with practical tips and techniques for solving probability problems
Increase your chances of acing that probability exam –– or winning at the casino!
Whether you′re hitting the books for a probability or statistics course or hitting the tables at a casino, working out probabilities can be problematic. This book helps you even the odds. Using easy–to–understand explanations and examples, it demystifies probability –– and even offers savvy tips to boost your chances of gambling success!
Discover how to
∗ Conquer combinations and permutations
∗ Understand probability models from binomial to exponential
∗ Make good decisions using probability
∗ Play the odds in poker, roulette, and other games
Increase your chances of acing that probability exam –– or winning at the casino!
Whether you′re hitting the books for a probability or statistics course or hitting the tables at a casino, working out probabilities can be problematic. This book helps you even the odds. Using easy–to–understand explanations and examples, it demystifies probability –– and even offers savvy tips to boost your chances of gambling success!
Discover how to
∗ Conquer combinations and permutations
∗ Understand probability models from binomial to exponential
∗ Make good decisions using probability
∗ Play the odds in poker, roulette, and other games
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Packed with practical tips and techniques for solving probability problems
Increase your chances of acing that probability exam — or winning at the casino!
Whether you′re hitting the books for a probability or statistics course or hitting the tables at a casino, working out probabilities can be problematic. This book helps you even the odds. Using easy–to–understand explanations and examples, it demystifies probability — and even offers savvy tips to boost your chances of gambling success!
Discover how to
- Conquer combinations and permutations
- Understand probability models from binomial to exponential
- Make good decisions using probability
- Play the odds in poker, roulette, and other games
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book because I wanted help in understanding some Feynman Lecture notes that I was reading which used symbollic notation that I didn't understand. As I am not American there can often be a division in the way various subjects are explained and notated (when compared to what I have met in the past) but I try not to let that put me off because I have found the dummies books a good read and will continue to buy them.
I have read only two thirds of the book so far but think I have already got a good introduction and overview of the subject. I expect I will have to reference the material again as and when I need it as the subject is not particularly memorable.
At least I know what is meant by open brackets, k over n, close brackets now and prepared for discrete and continuous distributions etc. I'm sure the book will be a good reference text for understanding my future reading material.
I have read only two thirds of the book so far but think I have already got a good introduction and overview of the subject. I expect I will have to reference the material again as and when I need it as the subject is not particularly memorable.
At least I know what is meant by open brackets, k over n, close brackets now and prepared for discrete and continuous distributions etc. I'm sure the book will be a good reference text for understanding my future reading material.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't be fooled by the Dummies moniker. This book is an excellent introduction to Probability full of common sense intuitive explanation. Perfect for a first course on the subject. You'll need to have exercises to practise on though.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is definitely not for dummies or the mathematically-challenged. If you doubt this opinion then, before buying the book, go into your local library or bookshop and look at a copy. A maths dummie who has to (or perhaps wants to) study probability should begin with a far more basic introduction to the topic than "Probability for Dummies" provides. If you already understand the basics of probability then you should be able to cope with this book. A serious deficiency in the book is that, although the author gives examples, there are no exercises in the book through which you can test your understanding of what you've read. Another deficiency is that the text is rather dense, and needs careful reading. Aside from these deficiencies, if you need to study probability at pre-university or first year university level then the book may be a worthwhile purchase - provided you understand the basics.
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