Woolfson M.M. Everyday Probability and Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling and War

2nd Edition. — Imperial College Press, 2012. — 289 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84816-761-2.Probability and statistics impinge on the life of the average person in a variety of ways - as is suggested by the title of this book. Very often information is provided that is factually accurate but intended to give a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. It should enable an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways.
In this second edition the author presents a new chapter exploring science and society including the way that scientists communicate with the public on current topics, such as global warming. The book also investigates pensions and pension policy, and how they are influenced by changing actuarial tables.The Nature of Probability
Combining Probabilities
A Day at the Races
Making Choices and Selections
Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability
Probability and Health
Combining Probabilities: The Craps Game Revealed
The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice and Crooked Wheels
Block Diagrams
The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution
Statistics: The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data
The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks
Predicting Voting Patterns
Taking Samples: How Many Fish in the Pond?
Differences: Rats and IQs
Crime is Increasing and Decreasing
My Uncle Joe Smoked 60 a Day
Chance, Luck and Making Decisions
Science and Society
The Pensions Problem