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What Are The Odds ? Chance In Everyday Life Michael Orkin

What Are The Odds ? Chance In Everyday Life par Michael Orkin

What Are The Odds ? Chance In Everyday Life Michael Orkin


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Michael Orkin, a professor of statistics and an expert on gambling games, lays bare the facts about chance, odds and decision making in both gambling and non-gambling applications. He also dispels some common myths about coincidences, randomness, cause and effect.

What Are The Odds ? Chance In Everyday Life Résumé

What Are The Odds ? Chance In Everyday Life: Chance in Everyday Life Michael Orkin

Michael Orkin, a professor of statistics and an expert on gambling games, lays bare the facts about chance, odds and decision making in both gambling and non-gambling applications. He also dispels some common myths about coincidences, randomness, cause and effect.

À propos de Michael Orkin

MICHAEL ORKIN, Ph.D., is professor of statistics at California State University, Hayward. An authority on gambling and game theory, he has consulted for government agencies (US) and the private sector, and has led in-service workshops on gambling games for FBI agents and Bureau of Indian Affairs gaming agents. He has testified as an expert witness in various court cases and performed statistical analyses for attorneys in civil and criminal cases. In addition, Orkin has developed software for Las Vegas oddsmakers, educational video games and information systems for attorneys.

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Lotteries, Luck, and Unlikely Events.- The Laws of Chance.- Casino Rituals: Survival of the Luckiest.- Sir Isaac Newton Leads the War Against Chance.- Using Chance to Make Decisions.- Zero-Sum Games and Random Strategies.- How to Cooperate yet Avoid being Exploited.- War Games.

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What Are The Odds ? Chance In Everyday Life: Chance in Everyday Life Michael Orkin
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