Figures Of Chance Ii

Author : Anne Duprat,Alison James
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040021743

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Figures of Chance II by Anne Duprat,Alison James Pdf

Figures of Chance II: Chance in Theory and Practice proposes a multidisciplinary analysis of cultural phenomena related to notions of chance and contingency. Alongside its transhistorical companion volume (Figures of Chance I), it considers how the projective and predictive capacity of societies is shaped by representations and cultural models of a reality that is understood, by varying degrees, to be contingent, unpredictable, or chaotic. This volume reevaluates the role played by figurative representations of chance in contemporary discourses about chance and contingency. Written by seven interdisciplinary teams, and encompassing philosophy, literature, history of science, sociology, mathematics, cognitive science, information science, and art history, this text puts scientific conceptions of chance into dialogue with their contemporary literary and artistic representations. It thus brings out the central role played by art in the human perception of chance, and in our methods for projecting the future, in order to better understand contemporary human attitudes in the face of risk.

Author : Ellery Williams Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Chance
ISBN : UTEXAS:059171104367024

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On the Continuity of Chance by Ellery Williams Davis Pdf

Author : Ton J. Cleophas,A.H. Zwinderman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401595087

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Statistics Applied to Clinical Trials by Ton J. Cleophas,A.H. Zwinderman Pdf

In 1948 the first randomized controlled trial was published by the English Medical Research Council in the British Medical Journal. Until then, observations had been uncontrolled. Initially, trials frequently did not confirm the hypotheses to be tested. This phenomenon was attributed to low sensitivity due to small samples, as well as inappropriate hypotheses based on biased prior trials. Additional flaws were recognized and, subsequently, were better accounted for: carryover effects due to insufficient washout from previous treatments, time effects due to external factors and the natural history of the condition under study, bias due to asymmetry between treatment groups, lack of sensitivity due to a negative correlation between treatment responses, and so on. Such flaws, mainly of a technical nature, have been largely corrected and led to trials after 1970 being of significantly higher quality. The past decade has focused, in addition to technical aspects, on the need for circumspection in the planning and conducting of clinical trials. As a consequence, prior to approval, clinical trial protocols are now routinely scrutinized by different circumstantial organs, including ethics committees, institutional and federal review boards, national and international scientific organizations, and monitoring committees charged with conducting interim analyses. This book not only explains classical statistical analyses of clinical trials, but also addresses relatively novel issues, including equivalence testing, interim analyses, sequential analyses, and meta-analyses, and provides a framework of the best statistical methods currently available for such purposes. This book is not only useful for investigators involved in the field of clinical trials, but also for all physicians who wish to better understand the data of trials as currently published.

Author : John Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1719
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015063871985

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The Young Mathematician's Guide by John Ward Pdf

Author : Anne Duprat,Fiona McIntosh Varjabédian,Anne-Gaëlle Weber
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781003828808

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Figures of Chance I by Anne Duprat,Fiona McIntosh Varjabédian,Anne-Gaëlle Weber Pdf

Figures of Chance I: Chance in Literature and the Arts (16th–21st Centuries) proposes a transhistorical analysis that will serve as a reference work on the evolution of literary and artistic representations of chance and contingency. Alongside its multidisciplinary companion volume (Figures of Chance II), it considers how the projective and predictive capacity of societies is shaped by representations and cultural models of a reality that is understood, to varying degrees, to be contingent, unpredictable, or chaotic. Giving special emphasis to the French context while also developing broad cross-cultural comparisons, this volume examines the dialogue between evolving conceptions and changing representations of chance, from Renaissance figures of Fortune to the data-driven world of the present. Written by recognized specialists of each of the periods studied, it identifies and historicizes the main fictional and factual modes of portraying, narrating, and comprehending chance in the West.

Author : K.H. Bockhoff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1049 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400970991

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Nuclear Data for Science and Technology by K.H. Bockhoff Pdf

Proceedings of the International Conference, Antwerp, Belgium, September 6-10, 1982

Author : William Allen Whitworth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000702224

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Choice and Chance; Two Chapters of Arithmetic ... by William Allen Whitworth Pdf

Author : Robert J. Austin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123681715

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Knife and Hammer by Robert J. Austin Pdf

Author : William Allen WHITWORTH
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018174930

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Choice and Chance: two chapters of arithmetic. With an appendix containing the algebraical treatment of permutations and combinations newly set forth by William Allen WHITWORTH Pdf

Author : James Waddell Tupper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Anglo-Saxon language
ISBN : UCAL:B3548829

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Tropes and Figures in Anglo-Saxon Prose by James Waddell Tupper Pdf

Author : Robert H. Fletcher,Suzanne W. Fletcher,Grant S. Fletcher
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781451144475

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Clinical Epidemiology by Robert H. Fletcher,Suzanne W. Fletcher,Grant S. Fletcher Pdf

Now in its Fifth Edition, Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials is a comprehensive, concise, and clinically oriented introduction to the subject of epidemiology. Written by expert educators, this text introduces students to the principles of evidence-based medicine that will help them develop and apply methods of clinical observation in order to form accurate conclusions. The Fifth Edition includes more complete coverage of systematic reviews and knowledge management, as well as other key topics such as abnormality, diagnosis, frequency and risk, prognosis, treatment, prevention, chance, studying cases and cause.

Author : Libby Schweber
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822388524

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Disciplining Statistics by Libby Schweber Pdf

In Disciplining Statistics Libby Schweber compares the science of population statistics in England and France during the nineteenth century, demonstrating radical differences in the interpretation and use of statistical knowledge. Through a comparison of vital statistics and demography, Schweber describes how the English government embraced statistics, using probabilistic interpretations of statistical data to analyze issues related to poverty and public health. The French were far less enthusiastic. Political and scientific élites in France struggled with the “reality” of statistical populations, wrestling with concerns about the accuracy of figures that aggregated heterogeneous groups such as the rich and poor and rejecting probabilistic interpretations. Tracing the introduction and promotion of vital statistics and demography, Schweber identifies the institutional conditions that account for the contrasting styles of reasoning. She shows that the different reactions to statistics stemmed from different criteria for what counted as scientific knowledge. The French wanted certain knowledge, a one-to-one correspondence between observations and numbers. The English adopted an instrumental approach, using the numbers to influence public opinion and evaluate and justify legislation. Schweber recounts numerous attempts by vital statisticians and demographers to have their work recognized as legitimate scientific pursuits. While the British scientists had greater access to government policy makers, and were able to influence policy in a way that their French counterparts were not, ultimately neither the vital statisticians nor the demographers were able to institutionalize their endeavors. By 1885, both fields had been superseded by new forms of knowledge. Disciplining Statistics highlights how the development of “scientific” knowledge was shaped by interrelated epistemological, political, and institutional considerations.

Author : Florida Anthropological Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : PSU:000060320834

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Publications by Florida Anthropological Society Pdf

Author : C. G. Jung
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780691150505

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Synchronicity by C. G. Jung Pdf

This book is parapsychological study of the meaningful coincidence of events, extrasensory perception, and similar phenomena.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : United States
ISBN : WISC:89126877166

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Advance Data from Vital & Health Statistics of the National Center for Health Statistics by Anonim Pdf