Popular Instructions on the Calculation of Probabilities : To Which Are Appended Notes by Richard Beamish (Paperback)

Editor's preface; Author's preface; Signs employed in this work; 1. Certainty and probability; 2. Mathematical probability; 3. Simple and compound probabilities; 4. Relative probabilities; 5. Repeated trials; 6. Particular cases of the calculation of mathematical probabilities; 7. Manner of examining probabilities; 8. Mathematical expectation; 9. Moral expectation; 10. Lotteries; 11. Calculation of probabilities when the number of favourable chances are not known; 12. Calculation of probabilities when the number of chances is unknown; 13. The mode of taking mean results; 14. The measure of the degree of approximation of a mean result; 15. Application of the calculation of probabilities to human life; 16. Assurances and life annuities; 17. Probabilities of witnesses; 18. Decisions of tribunals and elections; 19. Conclusion; Notes.