TY - BOOK AU - Fung,Kaiser TI - Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you do SN - 9780071626538 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Probabilities KW - Social aspects KW - Statistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Fast passes are to slow merges : the discontent of being averaged -- Bagged spinach is to bad score : the virtue of being wrong -- Item bank is to risk pool : the dilemma of being together -- Timid testers are to magic lassos : the sway of being asymmetric -- Jet crashes are to jackpots : the power of being impossible -- Conclusion ER -