Willful ignorance : the mismeasure of uncertainty /

• Main Author: Weisberg, Herbert I., 1944- (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.
• Subjects: Research > Statistical methods.; Probabilities.; Research > Methodology.; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General.; MATHEMATICS / General.; MEDICAL / Public Health.; Electronic books.

"An original account of willful ignorance and how this principle relates to modern probability and statistical methods Through a series of colorful stories about great thinkers and the problems they chose to solve, the author traces the historical evolution of probability and explains how stati...