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Introduction

Géza Schay
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Géza Schay: University of Massachusetts Boston College of Science and Mathematics

Chapter 1 in Introduction to Probability with Statistical Applications, 2016, pp 1-3 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Probability theory is a branch of mathematics that deals with repetitive events whose occurrence or nonoccurrence is subject to chance variation. Statistics is a related scientific discipline concerned with the gathering, representation, and interpretation of data and with methods for drawing inferences from them.

Keywords: Chance Variation; Drawing Inferences; Repetitive Events; Coin Tossing Example; Assign Probability Values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-30620-9_1

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