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09/12/11 PHD comic: 'Professorial Density Function'

 
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Sep12-11, 03:20 PM   #1
 
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09/12/11 PHD comic: 'Professorial Density Function'


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Oct2-11, 09:28 PM   #2
 
I actually have a major issue with this comic. The way the curve is made, the area under the curve would have to be >1 which makes the sum of probabilities larger than one as well.
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