 | Robert Édouard Moritz - 1914 - 436 pàgines
...which is known. — CROFTON, MW Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th Edition; Article, "Probability." 1963. The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but...instinct for which ofttimes they are unable to account. If we consider the analytical methods to which this theory has given birth, the truth of the principles... | |
 | William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler - 1917 - 526 pàgines
...consideration of games of chance, should have become the most important object of human knowledge. The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but...instinct for which ofttimes they are unable to account. If we consider the analytical methods to which this theory has given birth, the truth of the principles... | |
 | Jack D. Schwager - 1984 - 774 pàgines
...statistics. We will return to regression analysis in Chapter 14. 13 A Reyiew of Elementary SIatistics The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to Calculus. Pierre Simon de Laplace MEASURES OF DISPERSION Given a data series, there are two basic types of descriptive... | |
 | David E. Bell, Howard Raiffa, Amos Tversky - 1988 - 640 pàgines
...here make an important point concerning pedagogy in statistics. In the early 1800s, Laplace wrote, " the theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus." It seems to us that courses in statistics and probability theory today concentrate almost entirely on... | |
 | Walter P. von Wartburg - 1991 - 156 pàgines
...is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. _ Qscar mde a854.m0) The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus. -Pierre Simon de Laplace (1749-1827) If a man has money, it is usually a sign that he knows how to... | |
 | Jack D. Schwager, Steven C. Turner - 1995 - 658 pàgines
...models would include multiequation models and time-series models. 16 A Review of Elementary Statistics The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to Calculus. Pierre Simon de Laplace MEASURES OF DISPERSION Given a data series, there are two basic types of descriptive... | |
 | Graham Upton, Ian Cook - 1996 - 680 pàgines
...and the order in which the cards are drawn is taken into account. [UCLES] 6 Conditional probability The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus Laplace The probability that we associate with the occurrence of an event is always likely to be influenced... | |
 | Donna F. Stroup Ph.D, M.Sc., Steven M. Teutsch M.D., M.P.H. - 1998 - 252 pàgines
...proportion of out-relief, I: all ages. Econ.J. 5:603-611,1885. Basic Concepts of Statistics NANCY D. BARKER The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus. —Pierre Simon de Laplace 1749-1827 A genuine understanding of basic statistical concepts is critical... | |
 | John Allen Paulos - 2008 - 230 pàgines
...that are unanimously hated, this is always the case. The great French mathematician Laplace wrote, "The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus." Voltaire, his much older contemporary, added, "Common sense is not so common." STORIES AS CONTEXT FOR... | |
 | Jon Orwant, Jarkko Hietaniemi, John Macdonald - 1999 - 708 pàgines
...or a newer release. Remember to keep your key under your hat, and keep your hat white. Probability The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus. — Pierre Simon de Laplace (1749-1827) Probability theory is used to predict events. The roll of a... | |
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The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus; it enables us to appreciate with exactness that which accurate minds feel with a sort of instinct for which ofttimes they are unable to account. 
