Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9780754699149
0754699145
1282382861
9781282382862
9780754679615
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated. Analysis shows the ways in which individual decisions, informed by statistical models, shape the opportunities people face in both market and non-market environments. Ultimately, this book challenges the a.
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| Other form: | Print version: Gandy Jr, Oscar H. Coming to terms with chance. Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009
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