A Treatise On Statistical Paradoxes Stuation That Seems to Contravene Intuition

ABOUT THE BOOK:- :- Although there are large number of books available covering various aspects of paradoxes but there is no comprehensive book dealing with the various Statistics and Statistical Decision Theory paradoxes for the persons appurtenant with Statistics and/or Mathematics. It is different from other books in the sense that not only it provided the proof of results but also supply contradiction to the situation with where it is applicable. This book is of much importance for the persons who are using statistical techniques in different share of world, to conceptualize the result application and then infer about event or situation. By studying the examples present in this book which shows the beauty and absorbing nature of statistical paradoxes. During the course of writing, it has been specially borne in mind to retain all the basic concepts of Statistics especially the notation, lucidity of style and approach which have been appreciated by the readers throughout the world. About the author:- CHETAN VERMA is a young research scholar in Department of Statistics, M.D. University, Rohtak. He enjoys writing and spends time daily writing, paper journals, research article s a n d m e d i a compositions such as newspaper articles presentations etc. A young talented speaker, Mr. Chetan spends much of his time visiting department and teaching students about the Statistics. In his free time, reading Statistical journals, articles, hiking in nature and travel with friends are Mr. Chetanʹs pastimes. In the year ahead, Mr. Chetan looks forward to reading the many research articles related with Statistics, journal entries and informational texts that students will write in future. Also, Mr. Chetan looks forward to reading many books, writing often and developing his own interest and skill at writing Statistics books. Contents:- Preface 7 1. Introduction 9 2. Abelson Paradox 17 3. Abilene Paradox 21 4. Accuracy Paradox 26 5. Apportionment Paradox 29 6. Arrow's Paradox 34 7. Benford's Law 39 8. Berkson's Paradox 43 9. Bertrand's Box Paradox 47 10. Bertrand’s Paradox 50 11. Birthday Paradox 55 12. Borel - Kolmogorov Paradox 60 13. Boy or Girl Paradox 65 14. Buridan's Ass Paradox 71 15. Chain-Store Paradox 75 16. Decision Making Paradox 82 17. False Positive Paradox 87 18. Freedman's Paradox 92 19. Friendship Paradox 96 20. Green Paradox 102 21. Grice's Paradox 109 22. Inspection Paradox 112 23. Inventor's Paradox 116 24. Kavka's Toxin Paradox 120 25. Lindley Paradox 124 26. Low-Birth-Weight Paradox 129 27. Monty-Hall Problem 133 28. Morton's Fork Paradox 140 29. Navigation Paradox 143 30. Necktie Paradox 148 31. Newcomb's Paradox 151 32. Ostrogorski Paradox 157 33. Parrondo's Paradox 162 34. Prevention Paradox 166 35. Proebsting's Paradox 170 36. Raven Paradox 175 37. Relevance Paradox 183 38. Simpson's Paradox 186 39. Sleeping Beauty Problem 192 40. Stein's paradox 198 41. Two-Envelope Problem 206 42. Voting Paradox 212 The Title 'A Treatise On Statistical Paradoxes Stuation That Seems to Contravene Intuition written/authored/edited by Ratna Raj Laxmi , Chetan Verma', published in the year 2015. The ISBN 9789351281320 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 217 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Social Science. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-