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What Is the Probability of Winning a Lottery with Specific Number Draws?
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How can I elegantly express my set theory idea mathematically?
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Does a Probability of 1 Really mean a Dead Cert
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MHB Prove that lim y->infinity F(X,Y) (x,y) = F(X)(x)
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MHB Number of Partitions of n into j Parts not Exceeding m?
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Is There a Connection between Choice Functions and ZFC in Lemma 5.9?
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How do you prove that this is a Martingale
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MHB Finding Shortest Path in G: Dijkstra's Algorithm
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What is Symbolic Logic Useful For?
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Conditional Probability Question
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What guarantees the 'greater than' sign between r/(r+b)>(r-1)/(r-1+b)?
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MHB Can anyone suggest some reading material for me?
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MHB Uniformity of Poisson arrivals in random interval
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MHB How to show a graph contains no Hamilton cycles?
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MHB Finding Hamilton Cycles by hand
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MHB Graph Theory Proof: Connectivity of G Proven
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Beale Conjecture Reduced to Practicality?
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MHB Transformation of Random Variable
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MHB Conditional independence problem
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MHB Uniform [0,1] Squared Probability Calculation
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Does constantly removing elements from a set produce the null set?
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Have you heard about this kind of test of hypothesis
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MHB Statement of a theorem due to Bondy.
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Probability of "2,3 or 4 Machines Not in Use
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Can one call a linear order a lattice? If not
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MHB How many combinations of natural numbers add up to another?
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How can we compute averages over infinite sets of functions?
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MHB Establish Whether populations have equal variance
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Need help proving a flawed model
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Is My Probability Mass Function Correct Given the MGF?
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Finding the Minimum Mean Square Estimator for Scalar Parameter w
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Gödel's incompleteness wrt weakend versions of ZFC
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Conditional Probability - Markov chain
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What is the Expected Value Operator and How is it Calculated?
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MHB Permutation of Letters: 10 Choose 4 with 4 Letter Gap between P and S
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What's the Distribution of the Maximum of IID Variables When m is Large?
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Size sample required to construct a 95% C.I. with margin of error
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Musings on set creation and a question about it
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Need help with 2 advanced stat questions
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Understanding R Squared Regression for Josh
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Is My Calculation of Tire Fault Probability Correct or Is My Teacher Right?
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Proving variance with moment generating functions
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Limitations of Proving Theorems: Is Infinity a Barrier?
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What is the point of a partial order?
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Proof of the existence Godel Statement (With no numbering)
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Exponential of Gaussian Distribution
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What's the difference between Bell curve and Gaussian distribution
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Summation Simplification for Neumerator of Beta Estimator
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Fit to (orthgonal?) polynomial function
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Showing tha a random variable is a martingale
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What's Wrong with This Proof About Unions? (A Statement in Halmos)
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A proof that a computer cannot generate a truly random number?
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Limiting dist for sum of dependent and non-identical Bernoulli vars
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MHB Z = X/Y independant continuous random variables
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Help Integrating Poisson Errors on Histograms
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X is an element of Y, such that 2/X is in Y. Is this allowed
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Uniform distribution on the n-sphere.
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Bayes' Theorem: Dividing P(B|A)*P(A) by P(B) for Accurate Probability
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Calculating lottery probability
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Is Statistics Just a Game of Puzzles and Probability?
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Can Sets be Defined from Peano Axioms Alone?
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Confidence intervals for two separate variables?
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Probability of coin flipping streaks.
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Calculating the standard deviation of the standard deviation
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Excluded middle and self-reference
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Does Covariance Remain Unchanged Under Variable Transformations?
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MHB Brownian Motion: Martingale Property
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Need a real life example that satisfies the property?
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Test Hypotheses with sample of Binomial RV's
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Understanding the Contact Rate in SIS Epidemic Modelling
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Pdf of weighted uniform random variables
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Testing Hypotheses for Binomial Distributions: A Beginner's Guide
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How Can I Adjust Regression Analysis for Commuting Patterns?
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Generative vs discriminative model
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Counting U Test for Mann-Whitney Test & Finding Z Value
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MHB How Do You Calculate Estimators and Analyze Complication Rates in Statistics?
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Need help with writing set notation.
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Is a Binomial Distribution the Correct Approach for a Random Walk Problem?
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Coefficient of variation and consistency?
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The product rule and Bayes rule
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Summing X_i with Binomial Distribution: What is the Problem?
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How to prove that |A∪B|+|A∩B| = |A|+|B|.
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Determine if a test procedure is unbiased
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MHB Predict Z-Score for Y Given X at 30th Percentile
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MHB Can a recurrence relation predict property fluctuations in a gambling game?
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Derive all four propositional logic operators from nand
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The Purpose of Gamma Distribution
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The average of a random process
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Calculating Variance of Independent Random Variables: A Simple Guide
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Estimate vs contrast statements clarification
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Can Hedges' g be greater than 1 for paired t-tests?
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How can I use calculus to find the equation for a curve from given data points?
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Verify using Mathematical Induction
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Are games of solitaire always beatable?
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Distribution of data - alternative presentation
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Understanding the Multinomial Coefficient and its Independence in Combinatorics
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What's the difference between convolution and crosscorrelation?
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Non-independent two consecutive draws from two urns
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MHB How Does a Markov Chain Model the Distribution of Stickers Among Children?
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