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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Editor's Preface
- Author's Preface
- Signs employed
- Contents
- Lesson I Certainty and Probability
- Lesson II Mathematical Probability
- Lesson III Simple and Compound Probabilities
- Lesson IV Relative Probabilities
- Lesson V Repeated Trials
- Lesson VI Particular cases of the Calculation of Mathematical Probabilities
- Lesson VII Manner of examining Probabilities
- Lesson VIII Mathematical Expectation
- Lesson IX Moral Expectation
- Lesson X Lotteries
- Lesson XI Calculation of Probabilities when the number of favourable chances are not known
- Lesson XII Calculation of Probabilities when the number of chances is unknown
- Lesson XIII The mode of taking Mean Results
- Lesson XIV The measure of the degree of approximation of a mean result, or the Rule of the Lesser Squares
- Lesson XV Application of the Calculation of Probabilities to human life
- Lesson XVI Assurances and Life Annuities
- Lesson XVII Probabilities of Witnesses
- Lesson XVIII Decisions of Tribunals and Elections
- Lesson XIX Conclusion
- NOTES
Lesson II - Mathematical Probability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
- Frontmatter
- Editor's Preface
- Author's Preface
- Signs employed
- Contents
- Lesson I Certainty and Probability
- Lesson II Mathematical Probability
- Lesson III Simple and Compound Probabilities
- Lesson IV Relative Probabilities
- Lesson V Repeated Trials
- Lesson VI Particular cases of the Calculation of Mathematical Probabilities
- Lesson VII Manner of examining Probabilities
- Lesson VIII Mathematical Expectation
- Lesson IX Moral Expectation
- Lesson X Lotteries
- Lesson XI Calculation of Probabilities when the number of favourable chances are not known
- Lesson XII Calculation of Probabilities when the number of chances is unknown
- Lesson XIII The mode of taking Mean Results
- Lesson XIV The measure of the degree of approximation of a mean result, or the Rule of the Lesser Squares
- Lesson XV Application of the Calculation of Probabilities to human life
- Lesson XVI Assurances and Life Annuities
- Lesson XVII Probabilities of Witnesses
- Lesson XVIII Decisions of Tribunals and Elections
- Lesson XIX Conclusion
- NOTES
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- Popular Instructions on the Calculation of ProbabilitiesTo Which Are Appended Notes by Richard Beamish, pp. 5 - 12Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1839