Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.

There is a good chance this will be one of Bill Nye's best episodes! In fact, he'll probably make the complicated concept of probability very simple to understand, while showing how it allows us to predict events.

Two boys find that the most ordinary events and activities such as card games, coin flips, sports scores and statistics, and even weather prediction are dependent on the subtle interplay of many factors of chance and probability.

"For fans of Charles Duhigg, Philip Tetlock and Nate Silver, a brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at the Wall Street Journal"--

This book is designed for engineering students studying for the core paper on probability and statistics. The topics have been dealt in a coherent manner, supported by illustrations for better compre¬hension. Each chapter is replete with examples and exercises. The book also has numerous Multiple Choice Questions at the end of each chapter, thus providing the student with an abundant repository of exam specific problems.

Waking up one morning to find a talking cat on his head, Ethan is informed that the cat will not leave until he - Ethan - wins a game of probability.

"This new edition shows how real world problems can be solved using statistical concepts, now with many timely updates. The authors have included R software and removed the Excel exhibits throughout the book. The new Chapter 20 discusses data mining including topics in big data, classification, machine learning, and visualization. The new Chapter 21 covers cluster analysis methodologies including in hierarchical, nonhierarchical, and model based clustering....