Introduction to probability / Joseph K. Blitzstein, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Jessica Hwang, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
Author/creator |
Blitzstein, Joseph K. |
Other author/creator | Hwang, Jessica. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2015] |
Copyright Notice | ©2015 |
Description | xv, 580 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
Subject(s) |
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Series | Chapman & Hall/CRC texts in statistical science series Texts in statistical science. ^A370220 |
Contents | 1. Probability and counting -- 2. Conditional probability -- 3. Random variables and their distributions -- 4. Expectation -- 5. Continuous random variables -- 6. Moments -- 7. Joint distributions -- 8. Transformations -- 9. Conditional expectation -- 10. Inequalities and limit theorems -- 11. Markov chains -- 12. Markov chain Monte Carlo -- 13. Poisson processes. |
Abstract | "Developed from celebrated Harvard statistics lectures, Introduction to Probability provides essential language and tools for understanding statistics, randomness, and uncertainty. The book explores a wide variety of applications and examples, ranging from coincidences and paradoxes to Google PageRank and Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Additional application areas explored include genetics, medicine, computer science, and information theory. The print book version includes a code that provides free access to an eBook version. The authors present the material in an accessible style and motivate concepts using real-world examples. Throughout, they use stories to uncover connections between the fundamental distributions in statistics and conditioning to reduce complicated problems to manageable pieces. The book includes many intuitive explanations, diagrams, and practice problems. Each chapter ends with a section showing how to perform relevant simulations and calculations in R, a free statistical software environment."--Page [4] of cover. |
General note | "A Chapman & Hall book." |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 569-570) and index. |
Genre/form | Textbooks. |
LCCN | 2014022709 |
ISBN | 9781466575578 |
ISBN | 1466575573 |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | QA273 .B5922 2015 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |