20% chance of rain : exploring the concept of risk /
"There are plenty of books on specialized risk topics but few that deal with the broad diversity and daily applicability of this subject. Risk applications require a robust knowledge of many attributes of this seemingly simple subject. This book teaches the reader through examples and case stud...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
©2012.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781118116371 1118116372 9781118116340 1118116348 9781118116364 1118116364 1283294745 9781283294744 9781118116357 1118116356 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Risk: Life's Question Mark
- Measurement: The Alchemist's Base
- Statistics: Numbers Looking for an Argument
- The Value of Life and Limb, Statistically Speaking
- The Evolution of Risk
- Frequency and Severity: Weighing the Risk
- What's in a Risk? Perception Creates Risk Reality
- Risk, Regulation, and Reason
- Earth, Air, and Water: The Not-So-Bare Essentials
- Food ⁵ for Thought
- Flying: The Not-So-Wild Blue Yonder
- Risk on the Roads
- An Incomplete List of Life's Risks
- Index.