01281oam 2200409zu 450 99619870220331620210807003356.0(CKB)111085500349106(SSID)ssj0000450669(PQKBManifestationID)12163611(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000450669(PQKBWorkID)10444461(PQKB)11520445(Association for Computing Machinery)10.1145/774572(EXLCZ)9911108550034910620160829d2002 uy engurnn|008mam|atxtccrIEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design 2002[Place of publication not identified]I E E E20021 online resource (793 p.;) ACM ConferencesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7803-7607-2 ACM ConferencesICCAD '02Information TechnologyComputer Science (Hardware & Networks)Information TechnologyComputer Science (Hardware & Networks)IEEE Computer Society StaffPQKBPROCEEDING996198702203316IEEE878179UNISA03393nam 2200853Ia 450 991114698250332120260720114124.01-317-16408-31-315-57275-31-317-16407-51-282-38286-197866123828640-7546-9914-5978131557275810.4324/9781315572758 (CKB)1000000000807992(EBL)476404(OCoLC)609853060(SSID)ssj0000358063(PQKBManifestationID)11254518(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358063(PQKBWorkID)10359501(PQKB)10915557(Au-PeEL)EBL476404(CaPaEBR)ebr10350120(CaONFJC)MIL924920(Au-PeEL)EBL5293595(CaONFJC)MIL238286(OCoLC)646871430(MiAaPQ)EBC476404(MiAaPQ)EBC5293595(OCoLC)952727884(FlBoTFG)9781315572758(EXLCZ)99100000000080799220090807d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComing to terms with chance engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage /by Oscar H. Gandy Jr1st ed.Farnham Ashgatec20091 online resource (viii, 240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-7961-6 9781138260474 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; IndexThe application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated. Analysis shows the ways in which individual decisions, informed by statistical models, shape the opportunities people face in both market and non-market environments.DiscriminationSocial stratificationStatisticsSocial aspectsChanceSocial aspectsstatisticsengeurovochuman developmentengeurovocsocial sciencesengeurovocDiscrimination.Social stratification.StatisticsSocial aspects.ChanceSocial aspects.statistics.human development.social sciences305.5/1228.08.12EP-CLASSGandy Oscar H1189024MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911146982503321Coming to terms with chance4835412UNINA