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  • Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way

    Understanding Statistics and Probability with Star Wars, LEGO, and Rubber Ducks

    by Will Kurt ...
    Fun guide to learning Bayesian statistics and probability through unusual and illustrative examples.Probability and statistics are increasingly important in a huge range of professions. But many people use data in ways they don't even understand, meaning they aren't getting the most from it. Bayesian Statistics the Fun Way will change that.This book will give you a complete understanding of ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Art of Statistics

    How to Learn from Data

    In this "important and comprehensive" guide to statistical thinking (New Yorker), discover how data literacy is changing the world and gives you a better understanding of life’s biggest problems.Statistics are everywhere, as integral to science as they are to business, and in the popular media hundreds of times a day. In this age of big data, a basic grasp of statistical literacy is more important ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Theory That Would Not Die

    How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, & Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of C

    "This account of how a once reviled theory, Baye’s rule, came to underpin modern life is both approachable and engrossing" (Sunday Times).A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceBayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chancing It

    The Laws of Chance and How They Can Work for You

    Make your own luck by understanding probabilityOver the years, some very smart people have thought they understood the rules of chance?only to fail dismally. Whether you call it probability, risk, or uncertainty, the workings of chance often defy common sense. Fortunately, advances in math and science have revealed the laws of chance, and understanding those laws can help in your everyday life.In ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Lady Tasting Tea

    How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century

    An insightful, revealing history of the magical mathematics that transformed our world. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to look at the world in a new way.At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a guest states that tea poured into milk tastes different from milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling, Student Solutions Manual (e-only)

    An Introduction to Stochastic Modeling, Student Solutions Manual (e-only) ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Master Algorithm

    How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World

    **Recommended by Bill GatesA thought-provoking and wide-ranging exploration of machine learning and the race to build computer intelligences as flexible as our own**In the world's top research labs and universities, the race is on to invent the ultimate learning algorithm: one capable of discovering any knowledge from data, and doing anything we want, before we even ask. In The Master Algorithm, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Statistics For Dummies

    The fun and easy way to get down to business with statisticsStymied by statistics? No fear? this friendly guide offers clear, practical explanations of statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations, with lots of examples that show you how these concepts apply to your everyday life.Statistics For Dummies shows you how to interpret and critique graphs and charts, determine the odds with ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

  • An Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics

    by Don S. Lemons ...
    This “lucid, masterfully written introduction to an often difficult subject . . . belongs on the bookshelf of every student of statistical physics” (Dr. Brian J. Albright, Applied Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory).This book provides an accessible introduction to stochastic processes in physics and describes the basic mathematical tools of the trade: probability, random walks, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What the Luck?

    The Surprising Role of Chance in Our Everyday Lives

    by Gary Smith ...
    “[A] delightful addition to the stuff-you-think-you-know-that’s-wrong genre, á la Freakonomics, Outliers, and The Black Swan.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In Israel, pilot trainees who were praised for doing well subsequently performed worse, while trainees who were yelled at for doing poorly performed better. Evidence shows that highly intelligent women tend to marry men who are less ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Doing Data Science

    Straight Talk from the Frontline

    Now that people are aware that data can make the difference in an election or a business model, data science as an occupation is gaining ground. But how can you get started working in a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary field that’s so clouded in hype? This insightful book, based on Columbia University’s Introduction to Data Science class, tells you what you need to know.In many of these chapter ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • An Executive Summary of Nate Silver's 'The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't'

    A full executive summary of The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--but Some Don't by Nate Silver. This is not a chapter-by-chapter summary. Rather, the author takes an holistic approach, reorganizing and breaking down the content for easier understanding where necessary, and cutting out the repetition. Sample summaries by the author are available here: http://newbooksinbrief.com ... Read more

    $2.50 USD

  • The Doomsday Calculation

    How an Equation that Predicts the Future Is Transforming Everything We Know About Life and the Universe

    From the author of Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?, a fascinating look at how an equation that foretells the future is transforming everything we know about life, business, and the universe.In the 18th century, the British minister and mathematician Thomas Bayes devised a theorem that allowed him to assign probabilities to events that had never happened before. It languished in obscurity ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Nonparametric Bayesian Learning for Collaborative Robot Multimodal Introspection

    This open access book focuses on robot introspection, which has a direct impact on physical human–robot interaction and long-term autonomy, and which can benefit from autonomous anomaly monitoring and diagnosis, as well as anomaly recovery strategies. In robotics, the ability to reason, solve their own anomalies and proactively enrich owned knowledge is a direct way to improve autonomous behaviors ... Read more

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  • Essential Math for Data Science

    by Thomas Nield ...
    Master the math needed to excel in data science, machine learning, and statistics. In this book author Thomas Nield guides you through areas like calculus, probability, linear algebra, and statistics and how they apply to techniques like linear regression, logistic regression, and neural networks. Along the way you'll also gain practical insights into the state of data science and how to use those ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Probability For Dummies

    Packed with practical tips and techniques for solving probability problemsIncrease 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 ... Read more

    $15.00 USD

  • Uncertainty in Engineering

    Introduction to Methods and Applications

    Series series SpringerBriefs in Statistics
    This open access book provides an introduction to uncertainty quantification in engineering. Starting with preliminaries on Bayesian statistics and Monte Carlo methods, followed by material on imprecise probabilities, it then focuses on reliability theory and simulation methods for complex systems. The final two chapters discuss various aspects of aerospace engineering, considering stochastic model ... Read more

    Free

  • Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks

    Prediction and Assessment Beyond the Fukushima Accident

    Edited by Katsuhiro Kamae ...
    This book covers seismic probabilistic risk assessment (S-PRA) and related studies which have become more important to increase the safety of nuclear facilities against earthquakes and tsunamis in the face of the many uncertainties after the Fukushima accident. The topics are (1) Active faults and active tectonics important for seismic hazard assessment of nuclear facilities,(2) Seismic source ... Read more

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  • Bernoulli's Fallacy

    Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science

    There is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: it underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire disciplines. In an increasingly statistics-reliant society, this same deeply rooted error shapes decisions in medicine, law, and public policy with profound consequences. The foundation of the problem is a ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Manga Guide to Regression Analysis

    Like a lot of people, Miu has had trouble learning regression analysis. But with new motivation—in the form of a handsome but shy customer—and the help of her brilliant café coworker Risa, she’s determined to master it.Follow along with Miu and Risa in The Manga Guide to Regression Analysis as they calculate the effect of temperature on iced tea orders, predict bakery revenues, and work out the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • All of Statistics

    A Concise Course in Statistical Inference

    Series series Springer Texts in Statistics
    Taken literally, the title "All of Statistics" is an exaggeration. But in spirit, the title is apt, as the book does cover a much broader range of topics than a typical introductory book on mathematical statistics. This book is for people who want to learn probability and statistics quickly. It is suitable for graduate or advanced undergraduate students in computer science, mathematics, statistics ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Probability: A Very Short Introduction

    by John Haigh ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Making good decisions under conditions of uncertainty - which is the norm - requires a sound appreciation of the way random chance works. As analysis and modelling of most aspects of the world, and all measurement, are necessarily imprecise and involve uncertainties of varying degrees, the understanding and management of probabilities is central to much work in the sciences and economics.In this ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Introduction to Statistical Mediation Analysis

    Series series Multivariate Applications Series
    This volume introduces the statistical, methodological, and conceptual aspects of mediation analysis. Applications from health, social, and developmental psychology, sociology, communication, exercise science, and epidemiology are emphasized throughout. Single-mediator, multilevel, and longitudinal models are reviewed. The author's goal is to help the reader apply mediation analysis to their own ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Methods of Multivariate Analysis

    Series Book 709 - Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics
    Praise for the Second Edition"This book is a systematic, well-written, well-organized text on multivariate analysis packed with intuition and insight . . . There is much practical wisdom in this book that is hard to find elsewhere."-IIE TransactionsFilled with new and timely content, Methods of Multivariate Analysis, Third Edition provides examples and exercises based on more than sixty real data ... Read more

    $119.00 USD