Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 235 g
To Which Are Appended Notes by Richard Beamish
Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 235 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
ISBN: 978-1-108-06443-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
The Belgian polymath Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet (1796–1874) was regarded by John Maynard Keynes as a 'parent of modern statistical method'. Applying his training in mathematics to the physical and psychological dimensions of individuals, his Treatise on Man (also reissued in this series) identified the 'average man' in statistical terms. Reissued here is the 1839 English translation of his 1828 work, which appeared at a time when the application of probability was moving away from gaming tables towards more useful areas of life. Quetelet believed that probability had more influence on human affairs than had been accepted, and this work marked his move from a focus on mathematics and the natural sciences to the study of statistics and, eventually, the investigation of social phenomena. Written as a summary of lectures given in Brussels, the work was translated from French by the engineer Richard Beamish (1798–1873).
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Editor's preface
Author's preface
Signs employed in this work
1. Certainty and probability
2. Mathematical probability
3. Simple and compound probabilities
4. Relative probabilities
5. Repeated trials
6. Particular cases of the calculation of mathematical probabilities
7. Manner of examining probabilities
8. Mathematical expectation
9. Moral expectation
10. Lotteries
11. Calculation of probabilities when the number of favourable chances are not known
12. Calculation of probabilities when the number of chances is unknown
13. The mode of taking mean results
14. The measure of the degree of approximation of a mean result
15. Application of the calculation of probabilities to human life
16. Assurances and life annuities
17. Probabilities of witnesses
18. Decisions of tribunals and elections
19. Conclusion
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