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  1. wcb

    Fred Hoyle probabilties on abiogenesis

    wcb, Aug 12, 2006 ... 8 9 10
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    Matt Silberstein
    Aug 18, 2006
  2. Shrike!

    How Much Chance for Chance?

    Shrike!, Mar 25, 2007 ... 6 7 8
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    1,631
    illywhacker
    Apr 27, 2007
  3. andrew

    Surprising Pattern of Florida's Election Results

    andrew, Nov 11, 2004 ... 3 4 5
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    1,431
    jeffc
    Dec 2, 2004
  4. Aubrey Jacobus

    Monte Hall Paradox

    Aubrey Jacobus, Dec 16, 2005 ... 2 3 4
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    869
    Aubrey Jacobus
    Jan 11, 2006
  5. Montana Slim Too

    Monty Hall and pseudologic

    Montana Slim Too, Feb 19, 2004 ... 2 3
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    871
    Ed Murphy
    Feb 28, 2004
  6. Reef Fish

    Is sum of two normally distributed variables normally distributed?

    Reef Fish, Jul 10, 2006 ... 2 3
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    725
    Janusz Kawczak
    Jul 13, 2006
  7. Square Peg

    Is there a way to convert hit/miss stats to accuracy?

    Square Peg, Apr 19, 2009 ... 2 3
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    40
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    1,072
    Ray Koopman
    Jun 1, 2009
  8. Matt

    Simple Probability Question

    Matt, May 1, 2004 ... 2
    Replies:
    30
    Views:
    409
    Bill Johnson
    Jun 1, 2004
  9. Footer

    Help with very counterintuitive problem

    Footer, Sep 24, 2005 ... 2
    Replies:
    28
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    333
    Mike
    Dec 18, 2005
  10. guanaco

    Probability question. Sum of a 3-side die.

    guanaco, Oct 21, 2007 ... 2
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    25
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    456
    Art
    Oct 26, 2007
  11. Pavel314

    "Black Swan" Opinions?

    Pavel314, May 9, 2007 ... 2
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    25
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    422
    Pavel314
    May 20, 2007
  12. Reef Fish

    Testing hypothesis

    Reef Fish, Oct 11, 2006 ... 2
    Replies:
    24
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    590
    Reef Fish
    Oct 12, 2006
  13. Patrick D. Rockwell

    Cans, Trays, and Marbles.

    Patrick D. Rockwell, Sep 22, 2009 ... 2
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    23
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    782
    Patrick D. Rockwell
    Oct 8, 2009
  14. B.Y.

    how to generate random numbers in a range with a fixed average value ?

    B.Y., Sep 4, 2008 ... 2
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    667
    jer0en
    Sep 5, 2008
  15. juanra

    Exponential Probability Distribution "easy" problem. Help please ...

    juanra, Dec 18, 2005 ... 2
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    22
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    411
    Mike
    Jan 2, 2006
  16. LaRaezInGoogle

    A question about linear regression.

    LaRaezInGoogle, Dec 8, 2009 ... 2
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    542
    LaRaezInGoogle
    Dec 14, 2009
  17. The Cool Giraffe

    topology on borel sets

    The Cool Giraffe, Jan 24, 2007 ... 2
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    601
    The Cool Giraffe
    Jan 30, 2007
  18. Ginu

    conditional probabilities in network paths

    Ginu, Apr 23, 2009 ... 2
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    20
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    696
    Ginu
    May 30, 2009
  19. Art

    Questions on testing for randomness

    Art, Nov 12, 2007
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    19
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    384
    Art
    Nov 21, 2007
  20. Rob Sharp

    Playing Card Probability question

    Rob Sharp, Sep 11, 2009
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    18
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    374
    Peter Smyth
    Oct 5, 2009
  21. Patrick D. Rockwell

    Different kind of meeting problem.

    Patrick D. Rockwell, Nov 14, 2004
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    18
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    242
    Michael Mendelsohn
    Nov 19, 2004
  22. Andy Wu

    a problem from Jaynes book Probability Theory: the logic of science

    Andy Wu, Jun 29, 2010
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    532
    Andy Wu
    Jul 8, 2010
  23. Joe Avery

    Probability question

    Joe Avery, Apr 26, 2009
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    17
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    397
    Joe Viscomi
    May 4, 2009
  24. strutsng

    can random number generator generates "equal chance" probability??

    strutsng, Oct 7, 2005
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    329
    Herman Rubin
    Oct 12, 2005
  25. Jack Dimple

    Make sense of"A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market" by John Paulos

    Jack Dimple, May 1, 2004
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    552
    Karl Ove Hufthammer
    May 10, 2004
  26. Patrick D. Rockwell

    Broken Stick Revisited.

    Patrick D. Rockwell, Aug 21, 2010
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    16
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    619
    Patrick D. Rockwell
    Oct 8, 2010
  27. Pavel314

    Waiting Time

    Pavel314, Mar 13, 2009
    Replies:
    16
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    504
    [email protected]
    Apr 2, 2009
  28. ha

    random suquence of digits ?

    ha, Oct 8, 2004
    Replies:
    15
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    201
    Horst Kraemer
    Oct 20, 2004
  29. zEO

    Probablity of the ceiling falling?

    zEO, Sep 20, 2007
    Replies:
    14
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    268
    Bill
    Oct 7, 2007
  30. Mark Lawton

    Simple Probability Problem I Cannot Explain - Help, Please!

    Mark Lawton, Jul 5, 2007
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    14
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    329
    Ray Koopman
    Jul 20, 2007
  31. Konrad Viltersten

    How many elements can we have in this set?

    Konrad Viltersten, Jan 8, 2007
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    14
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    224
    Stephen J. Herschkorn
    Jan 14, 2007
  32. Francois Grieu

    Expected information revealed on x by x+y

    Francois Grieu, Nov 9, 2006
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    14
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    302
    john2
    Nov 13, 2006
  33. ijs

    Poisson process: analysis and simulation disagree

    ijs, Apr 29, 2006
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    14
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    179
    [email protected]
    May 6, 2006
  34. Stephen Behnfeldt

    Please Help: Probability with 2 Dependent Variables

    Stephen Behnfeldt, Oct 22, 2004
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    14
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    303
    Dan Heyman
    Oct 29, 2004
  35. Luca

    Lotto and "big numbers"

    Luca, Dec 16, 2004
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    13
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    229
    Luca
    Dec 21, 2004
  36. Xt

    Simple but confusing

    Xt, Nov 10, 2009
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    12
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    298
    Xt
    Nov 20, 2009
  37. Luna Moon

    puzzling problem...

    Luna Moon, Nov 24, 2008
    Replies:
    12
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    433
    akalaniz
    Nov 26, 2008
  38. samba

    Probability of Getting an Equal Number of Heads and Tails

    samba, Oct 23, 2007
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    12
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    325
    Bill
    Nov 8, 2007
  39. Andersen

    definition of well defined expected values

    Andersen, Aug 8, 2007
    Replies:
    12
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    349
    Stephen J. Herschkorn
    Aug 10, 2007
  40. rbaulbin

    Probability question about license plate digits

    rbaulbin, Feb 21, 2007
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    12
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    241
    [email protected]
    Feb 23, 2007
  41. David Hitchin

    Paradox explanation?

    David Hitchin, Aug 2, 2006
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    12
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    170
    Mike
    Aug 6, 2006
  42. Sebastian Stern

    Bivariate/Multivariate Joint PDF

    Sebastian Stern, Apr 30, 2005
    Replies:
    12
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    287
    Sebastian Stern
    May 7, 2005
  43. Matti Lamprhey

    Wife-swapping question

    Matti Lamprhey, May 3, 2004
    Replies:
    12
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    270
    Duncan Smith
    May 9, 2004
  44. matthewwinston

    which is more likely?(uncertain)

    matthewwinston, Sep 10, 2003
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    12
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    348
    matthewwinston
    Sep 14, 2003
  45. goldfita

    model quantization of gaussian noise

    goldfita, Feb 4, 2009
    Replies:
    11
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    304
    illywhacker
    Feb 10, 2009
  46. smoser

    Algorithm for generating random points in non-Euclidean spaces

    smoser, Nov 26, 2008
    Replies:
    11
    Views:
    339
    illywhacker
    Dec 1, 2008
  47. Art

    Sum of faces in throwing a single die

    Art, Oct 28, 2007
    Replies:
    11
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    369
    Art
    Nov 4, 2007
  48. Caliban

    Combining Probabilites

    Caliban, Dec 18, 2005
    Replies:
    11
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    184
    Nigel
    Dec 22, 2005
  49. fungus

    Question on permutations...

    fungus, May 22, 2005
    Replies:
    11
    Views:
    171
    kutaman
    Jun 15, 2005
  50. Dave Aronson

    Coin toss question

    Dave Aronson, Nov 15, 2011
    Replies:
    10
    Views:
    882
    cjq70
    Nov 27, 2011
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