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"Undergraduate probability book that assumes one-semester of calculus. One key is the emphasis on "stories" for the probability distributions (which I mean in both an intuitive and technical sense): there are a dozen or so key distributions (Normal, Binomial, Poisson, etc.) that are incredibly widely-used in statistics, but a lot of books just write down formulas for them without explaining clearly why these particular distributions are so important, or how they are all connected. Each of these distributions has a "story" (a natural application where it arises), and thinking about stories makes the distributions easier to remember, understand, and work with"--
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Introduction to Probability, Jessica Hwang, Joseph K. Blitzstein
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2019
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- Titel
- Introduction to Probability
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Jessica Hwang, Joseph K. Blitzstein
- Uitgever
- CRC Press
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2019
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1138369918
- ISBN13
- 9781138369917
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Sociale Wetenschappen, Studieboeken, Technologie & Industrie, Handleidingen en Gidsen, Filosofie, Wetenschap, Technologie, Wiskundeboeken
- Beoordeling
- 4,6 van 5
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- "Undergraduate probability book that assumes one-semester of calculus. One key is the emphasis on "stories" for the probability distributions (which I mean in both an intuitive and technical sense): there are a dozen or so key distributions (Normal, Binomial, Poisson, etc.) that are incredibly widely-used in statistics, but a lot of books just write down formulas for them without explaining clearly why these particular distributions are so important, or how they are all connected. Each of these distributions has a "story" (a natural application where it arises), and thinking about stories makes the distributions easier to remember, understand, and work with"--