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Leavy 205 $aThird edition. 210 1$a[Place of publication not identified] :$cAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality,$d2014. 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (422 pages) 225 1 $aEffective Health Care Program ;$vVolume 2 410 0$aEffective health care program ;$vVolume 2. 606 $aDiseases$xReporting 615 0$aDiseases$xReporting. 676 $a362.1 702 $aGliklich$b Richard E. 702 $aDryer$b Nancy A. 702 $aLeavy$b Michelle B. 712 02$aAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 712 02$aOutcome Sciences, Inc. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813390503321 996 $aRegistries for evaluating patient outcomes$92669244 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04486nam 2200601 450 001 9910806923203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-19636-2 010 $a1-4008-4837-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400848379 035 $a(CKB)2550000001118333 035 $a(EBL)1398206 035 $a(OCoLC)858652492 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000808 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12469338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000808 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10960584 035 $a(PQKB)11096337 035 $a(DE-B1597)474149 035 $a(OCoLC)973402167 035 $a(OCoLC)979579486 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400848379 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1398206 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001118333 100 $a20130502h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWill you be alive 10 years from now? $eand numerous other curious questions in probability : a collection of not so well-known mathematical mind-benders (with solutions, with one exception) /$fPaul J. Nahin 205 $aCourse Book 210 1$aPrinceton :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (250 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15680-8 311 $a1-299-87422-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: Classic Puzzles from the Past --$tChallenge Problems --$t1. Breaking Sticks --$t2. The Twins --$t3. Steve's Elevator Problem --$t4. Three Gambling Problems Newton Would "Probably" Have Liked --$t5. Big Quotients - Part 1 --$t6. Two Ways to Proofread --$t7. Chain Letters That Never End --$t8. Bingo Befuddlement --$t9. Is Dreidel Fair? --$t10. Hollywood Thrills --$t11. The Problem of the n-Liars --$t12. The Inconvenience of a Law --$t13. A Puzzle for When the Super Bowl --$t14. Darts and Ballistic Missiles --$t15. Blood Testing --$t16. Big Quotients - Part 2 --$t17. To Test or Not to Test? --$t18. Average Distances on a Square --$t19. When Will the Last One Fail? --$t20. Who's Ahead? --$t21. Plum Pudding --$t22. Ping-Pong, Squash, and Difference Equations --$t23. Will You Be Alive 10 Years from Now? --$t24. Chickens in Boxes --$t25. Newcomb's Paradox --$tChallenge Problem Solutions --$tTechnical Note on MATLAB®'s Random Number Generator --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex --$tAlso by Paul J. Nahin 330 $a"What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? These are just some of the one-of-a-kind probability puzzles that acclaimed popular math writer Paul Nahin offers in this lively and informative book.Nahin brings probability to life with colorful and amusing historical anecdotes as well as an electrifying approach to solving puzzles that illustrates many of the techniques that mathematicians and scientists use to grapple with probability. He looks at classic puzzles from the past--from Galileo's dice-tossing problem to a disarming dice puzzle that would have astonished even Newton--and also includes a dozen challenge problems for you to tackle yourself, with complete solutions provided in the back of the book.Nahin then presents twenty-five unusual probability puzzlers that you aren't likely to find anywhere else, and which range in difficulty from ones that are easy but clever to others that are technically intricate. Each problem is accompanied by an entertaining discussion of its background and solution, and is backed up by theory and computer simulations whenever possible in order to show how theory and computer experimentation can often work together on probability questions. All the MATLAB Monte Carlo simulation codes needed to solve the problems computationally are included in the book. With his characteristic wit, audacity, and insight, Nahin demonstrates why seemingly simple probability problems can stump even the experts"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aProbabilities$vProblems, exercises, etc 615 0$aProbabilities 676 $a519.2 686 $aMAT029000$2bisacsh 700 $aNahin$b Paul J$048655 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910806923203321 996 $aWill you be alive 10 years from now$94021372 997 $aUNINA