UID:
almafu_9959243631402883
Format:
1 online resource.
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
1281347884
,
9786611347888
,
9812384952
,
9781281347886
,
6611347887
,
9789812384959
,
9810231113
,
9789810231118
Content:
"Written by one of the top most statisticians with experience in diverse fields of applications of statistics, the book deals with the philosophical and methodological aspects of information technology, collection and analysis of data to provide insight into a problem, whether it is scientific research, policy making by government or decision making in our daily lives.The author dispels the doubts that chance is an expression of our ignorance which makes accurate prediction impossible and illustrates how our thinking has changed with quantification of uncertainty by showing that chance is no longer the obstructor but a way of expressing our knowledge. Indeed, chance can create and help in the investigation of truth. It is eloquently demonstrated with numerous examples of applications that statistics is the science, technology and art of extracting information from data and is based on a study of the laws of chance. It is highlighted how statistical ideas played a vital role in scientific and other investigations even before statistics was recognized as a separate discipline and how statistics is now evolving as a versatile, powerful and inevitable tool in diverse fields of human endeavor such as literature, legal matters, industry, archaeology and medicine.Use of statistics to the layman in improving the quality of life through wise decision making is emphasized." -- Publisher's description.
Note:
Reprinted 1999.
,
Uncertainty, randomness and creation of new knowledge – Taming of uncertainty – evolution of statistics – Principles and strategies of data analysis: cross examination of data – Weighted distributions – data with built-in bias – Statistics: an inevitable instrument in search of truth – Public understanding of statistics: learning from numbers.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 981-02-3111-3
Language:
English
