Chance, Streaks & Statistics

The Math Behind Loot Boxes, Matchmaking, and Misleading Numbers

von Adrian Keller

52 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Probability is hiding in places you already know: loot boxes, streaks, matchmaking, rankings, coincidences, and the statistics people use to persuade you. Chance, Streaks & Statistics turns those everyday moments into practical lessons in probability, expected value, house edge, conditional probability, and statistical thinking.

Through short chapters, vivid examples, and hands-on experiments, readers learn to see past gut feelings and read the numbers more clearly. Instead of treating math as something abstract, the book shows how to use it to make better judgments about games, risks, ads, and uncertain outcomes.

Readers will learn how to: - understand why "I'm due" is usually wrong;- calculate expected value and house edge;- decode loot boxes, matchmaking, and rankings;- spot misleading statistics and sampling bias; and- understand conditional probability through the Monty Hall problem.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176021172
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published