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Top 10 Top Picks From Your Guide for Probability

By Deb Russell, About.com

A wealth of recommended resources from your guide on probability. Learners in middle school, high school and college will find items to support enhanced or extended learning in probability.

1. A Course in Probability and Statistics

College Level. Topics include: Set theory, experiments, distributions, axioms of probability, random variables, probability functions and densities,distribution functions and quantiles, Central Limit Theorem, Combinatorics, binomial distribution etc.
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2. Probability Theory

Advanced Level;An introduction to measure theory. While there are several books on probability, Chung's book is considered a classic, original work in probability theory due to its elite level of sophistication.
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3. A Primer in Probability

This hard cover text focuses on the understanding of probability concepts and their applications. Mathematical proofs are introduced at simpler levels. The text discusses concepts related to probability, probability distributions, association between random variables, and approximations using the central limit theorem.
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4. Chance Encounters

This text is intuitive and expects you to learn the principles of data analysis, probability and inference from working with motivating data sets, realistic and problem-solving oriented exposition and examples, challenging and applied exercises and cases throughout the chapters.
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5. Chance Encounters -Middle School

Teachers and students will enjoy the variety of games and simulations suggested here to improve mathmatical thinking and understanding in probability and statistics concepts. A variety of hands on activities are provided.
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6. Do You Want To Bet?

An early start to probability. This story revolves around two friends who become aware of how frequently chance plays a part in their lives at home, at school and beyond. Probability is explained and explored through scenarios which kids experience from tossing a coin, to watching a favorite show, to predicting a baseball team's success by analyzing batting averages from the previous year.
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7. Elementary Probability

A straightforward introduction to the theory of probability. Topics include: include conditional probability, independence, random variables, generating functions, and an introduction to Markov chains. An excellent selection for a self study course.
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8. Exercises and Solutions Manual for Integration and Probability

This book is designed to be an introduction to analysis with the proper mix of abstract theories and concrete problems. It starts with general measure theory, treats Borel and Radon measures (with attention paid to Lebesgue measure) and introduces the reader to Fourier analysis in Euclidean spaces with a treatment of Sobolev spaces, distributions, and the Fourier analysis of such.
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9. 50 Challenging Problems in Probability

Some great puzzlers categorized by level of difficulty, that illustrate both elementary and advanced aspects of probability. The problems are ideal as a supplement to courses in probability or statistics, or as stimulating recreation for the mathematically minded. Detailed solutions.
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10. High School Probability Tutor

A handy paperback guide to support probability concepts in high school. Great as an independent study course.

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