Probability is often referred to as the science of uncertainty. Everyone begins to understand randomness, uncertainty, chance, and expectation from early childhood. The authors’ goal is to unite the students’ intuitions with a systematic and enjoyable study of probability. The authors strive to help students understand the usefulness, relevance, and enjoyable aspects of probability theory and as well as its broad applications.
Taking care to make concepts in probability understandable for students, the authors build confidence using a step-by-step approach, guiding the student with many practical examples, often accompanied by visual depictions.
Mark Ward and Ellen Gundlach are accomplished lecturers who bring their conversational style and experience to bear in this book. They seek to show that, besides being useful, probability can also be fun. A Student-Friendly Introduction to Probability will provide students with the skills they need to tackle the full range of exercises, from simple to advanced.