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Frederick Mosteller (1916–2006)

Auteur de Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions

22 oeuvres 515 utilisateurs 5 critiques

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Comprend les noms: Mosteller F, F. R. Mosteller

Œuvres de Frederick Mosteller

Probability and statistics (1961) 17 exemplaires
Probability: A First Course (1970) 5 exemplaires

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Nom légal
Mosteller, Charles Frederick
Date de naissance
1916-12-24
Date de décès
2006-07-23
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA
Lieu du décès
Arlington, Virginia, USA
Relations
Tukey, John Wilder (PhD advisor)

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15 years after ending my computer science and mathematical studies, I thought it was time for me to try out this little booklet. I think I made a good start, but soon enough the challenges became too hard for me to solve unguided. :-) Still, it served as a good reminder that statistics are not at all intuitive, which is especially useful to know in this day and age of big data (and COVID-19 related statistics all over the news).

The solutions were always clear enough however and the collection had no problem whatsoever keeping my interest level high. The reason I'm not 100% sure this publication deserves more stars is that, even though maths never gets old, the problems used to frame the maths do feel quite out of place in the 21st century.… (plus d'informations)
 
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bbbart | 2 autres critiques | Dec 27, 2020 |
Mostly straight-forward questions. Some solutions are merely discussions instead of rigorous proofs. Concluding problems are, let's just say, a bitch.
 
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trilliams | 2 autres critiques | May 30, 2015 |
A very nice complementary problem book to any probability and statistics text.
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EmreSevinc | 2 autres critiques | Mar 15, 2009 |

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22
Membres
515
Popularité
#48,205
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
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ISBN
29
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