A mathematician explains how to get a fair result from a biased coin. Nov. 7, 2010 — -- I've always loved the idea of coin flips, and hence this paean to a few of their properties. One of the ...

Provides a one-semester course in probability and statistics with applications in the engineering sciences. Probability of events, discrete and continuous random variables cumulative distribution, ...

Addresses the topics of probability, random variables, discrete and continuous densities, expectation and variance, special distributions (binomial, Poisson, normal, etc.), moment generating functions ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Institute of Mathematical Statistics Lecture Notes–Monograph Series was first published in 1981. The series covers a broad ...

Understanding numbers isn’t just for scientists or students. It’s a skill that helps you make smarter choices in your everyday life. Whether you’re calculating the odds of something happening, ...

This course is available on the MPhil/PhD in Statistics. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course uses ...