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Graduate Central Limit Theorem and Standardized Sums

caffeine
Jan 22, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 22, 2007

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Graduate Distributions with Infinite Mean: Examples & Possibilities

EvLer
Jan 10, 2007 · Replies 5 · Jan 21, 2007

Replies: 5

Undergrad Parametric function or statistic?

EvLer
Jan 17, 2007 · Replies 8 · Jan 21, 2007

Replies: 8

Undergrad Need help learning to construct proofs

quasar_4
Jan 19, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 19, 2007

Replies: 1

High School Zm Set: Whole Numbers & Positive Integer

u0602647
Jan 18, 2007 · Replies 2 · Jan 18, 2007

Replies: 2

High School Labeling Intersection in Venn Diagrams

Physics is Phun
Jan 17, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 17, 2007

Replies: 1

Undergrad Probabilities: Estimating the probability of overlapping

jksacc
Jan 16, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 17, 2007

Replies: 1

Undergrad Solving Combination Question: Word Length & Alphabetical Order

Batmaniac
Jan 16, 2007 · Replies 8 · Jan 17, 2007

Replies: 8

Undergrad Could someone somewhat plainly explain what is unification, when it is

EvLer
Jan 13, 2007 · Replies 5 · Jan 16, 2007

Replies: 5

Undergrad Prove Maasei Hoshev: Engineering Student Minor in Math Needs Help

JoshC
Jan 12, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 12, 2007

Replies: 1

Undergrad Solving a Group Job Efficiency Problem

blumfeld0
Jan 11, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 11, 2007

Replies: 3

Undergrad How many integers from 1 through 99,999 is the sum of their digits = 9?

mr_coffee
Oct 28, 2006 · Replies 11 · Jan 10, 2007

Replies: 11

High School Three Times the Probability Question

SwAnK
Jan 8, 2007 · Replies 9 · Jan 10, 2007

Replies: 9

Undergrad Intuitive way to explain |Q| = aleph zero?

EnumaElish
Jan 8, 2007 · Replies 5 · Jan 9, 2007

Replies: 5

Graduate Applying Chernoff bound on normal distribution

phonic
Dec 25, 2006 · Replies 3 · Jan 8, 2007

Replies: 3

Graduate Question on cardinality of sequences.

MathematicalPhysicist
Jan 6, 2007 · Replies 14 · Jan 8, 2007

Replies: 14

Undergrad Simulation of the growth of a poker player's bankroll

Fredrik
Jan 7, 2007 · Replies 0 · Jan 7, 2007

Replies: 0

Graduate What are the domain and range of this function?

StatusX
Jan 4, 2007 · Replies 7 · Jan 6, 2007

Replies: 7

Undergrad Probability related to an Appointment Scheduling Simulation

wolfego
Jan 5, 2007 · Replies 1 · Jan 5, 2007

Replies: 1

Graduate How Can I Prove There Are c Sequences of Rational Numbers?

MathematicalPhysicist
Jan 3, 2007 · Replies 3 · Jan 4, 2007

Replies: 3

High School Fraction,Percent, Ratio Problem

AznBoi
Jan 2, 2007 · Replies 2 · Jan 2, 2007

Replies: 2

High School What Are the Remainders When Dividing Consecutive Integers by 3?

AznBoi
Jan 2, 2007 · Replies 7 · Jan 2, 2007

Replies: 7

Graduate Explaining Stationarity Theory: Proving/Predicting the Universe's Path

navneet1990
Dec 31, 2006 · Replies 4 · Jan 2, 2007

Replies: 4

Undergrad Hashing Function: Examples, Uses & Explanation

Hussein Abd
Dec 31, 2006 · Replies 1 · Jan 1, 2007

Replies: 1

Undergrad Probability of Sum of Dice Rolls for Positive Integer "m

Abomb23
Nov 28, 2006 · Replies 9 · Jan 1, 2007

Replies: 9

Graduate Cardinality of continuous functions f:R->R.

MathematicalPhysicist
Dec 30, 2006 · Replies 14 · Jan 1, 2007

Replies: 14

Graduate Optimizing Data Sampling for Probabilities

Loren Booda
Dec 29, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 30, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Cardinality of concave polygons' set.

MathematicalPhysicist
Dec 29, 2006 · Replies 12 · Dec 30, 2006

Replies: 12

Undergrad A Possibly easy for you, but hard for me Question about Sudoku

webtry
Dec 28, 2006 · Replies 1 · Dec 29, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Questions about coverings and some odd question.

MathematicalPhysicist
Dec 22, 2006 · Replies 34 · Dec 28, 2006

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Replies: 34

Undergrad What is the Best Way to Get Started in Data Mining?

Alternamaton
Dec 13, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 21, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad What is the probability of a needle hitting a line on graph paper?

daniel_i_l
Dec 20, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 21, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad How many children do Person X and Y have?

Vagrant
Dec 6, 2006 · Replies 5 · Dec 20, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Direct simple solution of the envelopes paradox

EnumaElish
Dec 19, 2006 · Replies 0 · Dec 19, 2006

Replies: 0

Graduate Probability of coin and markov transition matrix

hupdy
Dec 19, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 19, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate What is the Probability of a DNA Match in Crime Scene Forensics?

Dooga Blackrazor
Dec 16, 2006 · Replies 8 · Dec 18, 2006

Replies: 8

Graduate A problem with the standard solution of the two envelopes paradox

Fredrik
Dec 7, 2006 · Replies 39 · Dec 17, 2006

2

Replies: 39

Undergrad Can an Ink Stain Always Be Avoided with a 1 x 1 cm Net on Paper?

haiha
Dec 3, 2006 · Replies 9 · Dec 17, 2006

Replies: 9

Graduate Is Rabc a Valid Formula in Predicate Logic?

pivoxa15
Dec 14, 2006 · Replies 3 · Dec 15, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad How Can You Efficiently Enumerate Combinations of Bits in Programming?

rasman
Dec 13, 2006 · Replies 19 · Dec 14, 2006

Replies: 19

Graduate Example of Set X with Two Topologies: Continuous But Not Homeomorphic

kiriyama
Dec 13, 2006 · Replies 7 · Dec 14, 2006

Replies: 7

Undergrad Conditional probability equation, how is it derived?

Werg22
Dec 13, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 14, 2006

Replies: 6

Graduate Proving |A|<=Aleph Null with Function f:A->B and |B|<=Aleph Null

MathematicalPhysicist
Dec 11, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 11, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Empty Set & Subset: Does it Sound Right?

pivoxa15
Dec 10, 2006 · Replies 18 · Dec 10, 2006

Replies: 18

Undergrad Finding Probability with Mean and Poisson Distribution

Poop-Loops
Dec 9, 2006 · Replies 13 · Dec 10, 2006

Replies: 13

Can We Live in Two Places at Once?

amcca064
Dec 6, 2006 · Replies 3 · Dec 7, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate How Can Monotone Functions Have Only Countably Many Discontinuities?

MathematicalPhysicist
Dec 6, 2006 · Replies 5 · Dec 7, 2006

Replies: 5

Graduate Finding a Lower Bound on $\Sigma$ Function w/Green(1964)

CRGreathouse
Dec 7, 2006 · Replies 1 · Dec 7, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Proving Reflexive Closure of a Relation on a Set

verty
Nov 30, 2006 · Replies 3 · Dec 6, 2006

Replies: 3

High School Calculating a GPA from numerous assignment and test grades

PremedBeauty
Dec 6, 2006 · Replies 2 · Dec 6, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Is an open interval in R really uncountable?

ak416
Dec 2, 2006 · Replies 3 · Dec 3, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Statistical Significance Question

phuntyme
Nov 13, 2006 · Replies 7 · Dec 2, 2006

Replies: 7

Undergrad Determining Sample Size for Statistical Significance

smudge
Oct 27, 2006 · Replies 9 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 9

High School Understanding Logarithms - Find log2, log2.0*10^24 and log5

ayazabdul
Dec 1, 2006 · Replies 6 · Dec 1, 2006

Replies: 6

Undergrad Could someone explain the difference ?

sneez
Nov 30, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 30, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Maximizing profit, anybody wanna help?

kyzersozey
Sep 24, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 28, 2006

Replies: 7

Graduate Can Monte Carlo Methods be Used to Solve Infinite-State Integral Equations?

Karlisbad
Nov 26, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 28, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Having Trouble Understanding Chi Squared Stuff

Poop-Loops
Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad What is the Probability of Each Customer Getting a DVD in a Rental System?

kannadasan
Nov 26, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 27, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad How many possible combinations can be made from 6 codons using base pairs?

Arctangent
Nov 25, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 26, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Hypothesis Testing: How to Recognize Ho & Ha

cmab
Nov 21, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 24, 2006

Replies: 2

High School What is binomial distribution and how does it work?

sycamorex
Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 24, 2006

Replies: 6

Discover the Best Probability Book by Fella: A Review and Recommendation

pivoxa15
Nov 23, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 23, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad Solving Discrepency Events - What Statistical Measure to Use?

BiologyGirl
Oct 22, 2006 · Replies 6 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 6

Undergrad Calculating Investment Growth: $5,000 to $7,500 at 8% Interest

m90210
Nov 22, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 22, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Zorn's lemma without the axiom of choice

StatusX
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 26 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 26

Graduate Probability of No Encounter Between Crawling Ants on a Polyhedron

young e.
Nov 16, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad Can Dr. Easy Reject the Null Hypothesis in the EN-100 Test Analysis?

lopram
Nov 18, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Independent trials, dependent condition

caffeine
Nov 21, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 3

Undergrad Probability: Foreign vs Local in a City

thedeath
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Calculate Gross Tax only knowing Net Earnings

bradles
Nov 19, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 21, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Maximizing College Counselor Accuracy: A, B, or C?

hupdy
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 12 · Nov 18, 2006

Replies: 12

Graduate Sets: Proving Y^(XU{x})=(Y^X)x(Y^{x}) with Finite Sets and Singleton {x}

MathematicalPhysicist
Nov 15, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 18, 2006

Replies: 4

Undergrad How Is the Average Age of Trees in a Town Calculated?

meteorologist1
Nov 14, 2006 · Replies 12 · Nov 17, 2006

Replies: 12

Undergrad What is the Remainder when Dividing a Number with 1000 Ones by 1001?

murshid_islam
Nov 15, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 16, 2006

Replies: 2

High School How to Use a:b for Proportions & Fractions

quasar987
Nov 15, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Addition Theorem Proof - Foundations of Analysis by Edmund Landau

dobry_den
Nov 12, 2006 · Replies 21 · Nov 15, 2006

Replies: 21

Graduate Is my Predicate Logic Solution Correct?

robert
Nov 10, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 13, 2006

Replies: 3

High School Permutation and combination problem

aerosmith
Nov 8, 2006 · Replies 7 · Nov 12, 2006

Replies: 7

Undergrad Can someone explain this to me? full answer written, probabilty

mr_coffee
Nov 9, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 10, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate The conncetion between logic and topology.

MathematicalPhysicist
Nov 8, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 10, 2006

Replies: 3

Graduate Joint and conditional distributions

OFDM
Nov 7, 2006 · Replies 3 · Nov 9, 2006

Replies: 3

High School Central Limit Theorem: Fisheries Management

majin
Nov 3, 2006 · Replies 4 · Nov 6, 2006

Replies: 4

Undergrad Is Trial Division Primality Check Considered in Polynomial Time?

mourinho123
Oct 30, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 6, 2006

Replies: 2

Graduate Can a Three-State Logic System Revolutionize Computing?

ocalhoun
Nov 6, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 6, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Is P(\Omega) Equal to 1 in Bernoulli Trials?

quasar987
Nov 3, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 6, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Is a Two-Sided t-Test Appropriate for Comparing Doctor Care Hours?

thedeath
Nov 4, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 4, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Writing a model to represent data set ?

Rizzamabob
Apr 29, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Timeless Texts: Top Probability Books for Undergrad and Grad Students

mattmns
Apr 25, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Determining sample size needed to test hypothesis

Orikon
Mar 24, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate The definition of random sample mean and convergence

bgd2007
May 7, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Can Maximum Likelihood Estimation Yield Multiple Solutions?

Chen
May 31, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Calculating Standard Deviation After Normalizing Data

verges_prime
Jul 21, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Convert Spearman Rank Test Correlation to P-Value

Zaphodx57x
Jul 25, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Statistical Significance for 3 samples

NSX
Aug 1, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Comparing two averages with different group sizes

Mohammad
Aug 17, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Is a Cubed Normally Distributed Variable Still Normal?

Jellis78
Nov 3, 2006 · Replies 2 · Nov 3, 2006

Replies: 2

Undergrad Solving Probability Problems: Binomial & Poisson Distribution Formulas

NickLippy
Nov 1, 2006 · Replies 1 · Nov 2, 2006

Replies: 1

Undergrad Another poisson distribution question

romeo6
Oct 29, 2006 · Replies 1 · Oct 31, 2006

Replies: 1

Graduate Set Theory Q: Is |P(A)| = |P(B)| iff A=B? Hints Needed

JonF
Oct 23, 2006 · Replies 7 · Oct 31, 2006

Replies: 7

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