Author : Joseph K. Blitzstein
Release : 2014-07-24
Genre : Mathematics
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Introduction to Probability - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Introduction to Probability write by Joseph K. Blitzstein. This book was released on 2014-07-24. Introduction to Probability available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.