Introduction to Probability, Statistics and R
| Author | : Sujit K. Sahu |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2024 |
| Genre | : Mathematical statistics |
| ISBN | : 3031378652 |
Zusammenfassung: A strong grasp of elementary statistics and probability, along with basic skills in using R, is essential for various scientific disciplines reliant on data analysis. This book serves as a gateway to learning statistical methods from scratch, assuming a solid background in high school mathematics. Readers gradually progress from basic concepts to advanced statistical modelling, with examples from actuarial, biological, ecological, engineering, environmental, medicine, and social sciences highlighting the real-world relevance of the subject. An accompanying R package enables seamless practice and immediate application, making it ideal for beginners. The book comprises 19 chapters divided into five parts. Part I introduces basic statistics and the R software package, teaching readers to calculate simple statistics and create basic data graphs. Part II delves into probability concepts, including rules and conditional probability, and introduces widely used discrete and continuous probability distributions (e.g., binomial, Poisson, normal, log-normal). It concludes with the central limit theorem and joint distributions for multiple random variables. Part III explores statistical inference, covering point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and Bayesian inference. This part is intentionally less technical, making it accessible to readers without an extensive mathematical background. Part IV addresses advanced probability and statistical distribution theory, assuming some familiarity with (or concurrent study of) mathematical methods like advanced calculus and linear algebra. Finally, Part V focuses on advanced statistical modelling using simple and multiple regression and analysis of variance, laying the foundation for further studies in machine learning and data science applicable to various data and decision analytics contexts. Based on years of teaching experience, this textbook includes numerous exercises and makes extensive use of R, making it ideal for year-long data science modules and courses. In addition to university courses, the book amply covers the syllabus for the Actuarial Statistics 1 examination of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in London. It also provides a solid foundation for postgraduate studies in statistics and probability, or a reliable reference for statistics
In the Next Three Seconds
| Author | : Rowland Morgan |
| Publisher | : Hamlyn (UK) |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Curiosities and wonders |
| ISBN | : 9780600589372 |
Predicts events that will occur in the near and distant future, including "In the next three months, 1,000 households in Zimbabwe will be hooked up to solar electricity."
Three Seconds in Munich
| Author | : David A. F. Sweet |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2019-09-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1496217381 |
One. Two. Three. That’s as long as it took to sear the souls of a dozen young American men, thanks to the craziest, most controversial finish in the history of the Olympics—the 1972 gold-medal basketball contest between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world’s two superpowers at the time. The U.S. team, whose unbeaten Olympic streak dated back to when Adolf Hitler reigned over the Berlin Games, believed it had won the gold medal that September in Munich—not once, but twice. But it was the third time the final seconds were played that counted. What happened? The head of international basketball—flouting rules he himself had created—trotted onto the court and demanded twice that time be put back on the clock. A referee allowed an illegal substitution and an illegal free-throw shooter for the Soviets while calling a slew of late fouls on the U.S. players. The American players became the only Olympic athletes in the history of the games to refuse their medals. Of course, the 1972 Olympics are remembered primarily for a far graver matter, when eleven Israeli team members were killed by Palestinian terrorists, stunning the world and temporarily stopping the games. One American player, Tommy Burleson, had a gun to his head as the hostages were marched past him before their deaths. Through interviews with many of the American players and others, the author relates the horror of terrorism, the pain of losing the most controversial championship game in sports history to a hated rival, and the consequences of the players’ decision to shun their Olympic medals to this day.
On Biblical Poetry
| Author | : F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 620 |
| Release | : 2015-08-26 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 019024013X |
On Biblical Poetry takes a fresh look at the nature of biblical Hebrew poetry beyond its currently best-known feature, parallelism. F.W. Dobbs-Allsopp argues that biblical poetry is in most respects just like any other verse tradition, and therefore biblical poems should be read and interpreted like other poems, using the same critical tools and with the same kinds of guiding assumptions in place. He offers a series of programmatic essays on major facets of biblical verse, each aspiring to alter currently regnant conceptualizations in the field and to show that attention to aspects of prosody--rhythm, lineation, and the like--allied with close reading can yield interesting, valuable, and even pleasurable interpretations. What distinguishes the verse of the Bible, says Dobbs-Allsopp, is its historicity and cultural specificity, those peculiar encrustations and encumbrances that typify all human artifacts. Both the literary and the historical, then, are in view throughout. The concluding essay elaborates a close reading of Psalm 133. This chapter enacts the final movement to the set of literary and historical arguments mounted throughout the volume--an example of the holistic staging which, Dobbs-Allsopp argues, is much needed in the field of Biblical Studies.
The Midwife Murders
| Author | : James Patterson |
| Publisher | : Grand Central Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2020-08-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1538703661 |
In this psychological thriller, a missing patient raises concerns in a New York hospital, but as others start disappearing every dark possibility becomes more and more likely. To Senior Midwife Lucy Ryuan, pregnancy is not an unusual condition—it's her life's work. But when two kidnappings and a vicious stabbing happen on her watch in a university hospital in Manhattan, her focus abruptly changes. Something has to be done, and Lucy is fearless enough to try. Rumors begin to swirl, blaming everyone from the Russian Mafia to an underground adoption network. Lucy teams up with a skeptical NYPD detective to solve the case, but the truth is far more twisted than a feisty single mom could ever have imagined.
Carnal Striving Spiritual
| Author | : Anthony Jerrod |
| Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 134 |
| Release | : 2009-09 |
| Genre | : Christian poetry, American |
| ISBN | : 1608441830 |
-Does it seem like your life is void of purpose? -Are your prayers going unanswered? -Has your witness for God become tainted? -Do you find it difficult to make the right decisions? -Does it seem hard to break bad habits and addictions? -Do the blessings and favor of God seem to evade you? -Does it seem like your life is void of joy and happiness? -Do you find yourself asking, "Do I really matter?" Millions of Christians around the world have been saved from the wrath of God through belief in the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. Still, we Christians struggle with temporary times of digression from God's will and purpose. Every single Christian in this world experiences this continual vacillation between operating in the Spirit and the flesh. Carnal Striving Spiritual is an exciting, encouraging, inspirational and life-changing book that explores carnality in the hope of helping millions of people around the world to discover their purpose and to grow and mature in Christ. Carnal Striving Spiritual is a book for children of God of all ages, races, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds. In his book, Jerrod explores and analyzes a plethora of contemporary and current topics, including the above-mentioned questions. Jerrod examines carnality relative to the mind, the church, the tongue, trials, and relationships and poetically reveals solutions. "Anthony Jerrod is a brilliant poet with a bold message: that Christian love in all its glorious forms deserves expression. Don't miss this book " - Dr. Cornel West, New York Times best-selling author, Class of 1943 University Professor at Princeton University, American philosopher and public intellectual, multi-book editor and pastor "In these days of calamity and uncertainty, we often have two choices. Succumb or overcome. Anthony Jerrod has engaged and connected with the reader in a manner that simplifies the choice. Carnal Striving Spiritualbegs the attention of the reader to become immersed in the spirit of God -the ordinary reader to exchange in the extraordinary." - Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jr., multi-book author, Senior Pastor of The Cathedral International, Presiding Bishop and founder of the Covenant Ecumenical Fellowship and Cathedral Assemblies
