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Undergrad Effectiveness of a Boolean test
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Undergrad Q: How does the probability of winning the car change in the Monty Hall problem?
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Undergrad How Can You Solve 10^x = 2 Without a Calculator?
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MHB Saint's question from Yahoo Answers regarding set theory
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MHB What does the notation | | mean?
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MHB Proof By Induction: Proving Divisibility of 3^2n-1 by 8
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Graduate Normal distribution and Null hypothesis
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MHB Prove the following Logic Property
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Undergrad Mental Blank / Hopefully easy question
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MHB Total no. of positive integer ordered pairs (n,r)
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Graduate Propagation of error with sliding window of measurement
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Graduate How to prove that a gaussian rv multiplied by a sine also guassian ?
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MHB Mean and variance from a probability distribution function
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Graduate Probability of dealing the final blow
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Undergrad Normal distribution negative values
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Undergrad How Can I Apply Cumulative Frequency Distribution in Real-World Problems?
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High School Where can I find a list of proof identities?
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Undergrad Probabilty an event will occur
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MHB Mgf of continuous random variables
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Graduate Question about density of prime numbers?
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High School How Many Students on a School Bus Are Not Enrolled in Sports?
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High School Rolling Two 3s: Probability & Combinations
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Undergrad Beta distribution: trivial question
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MHB How to Calculate the Sum of 5-Digit Numbers Using Specific Digits?
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MHB Calculating the Total Sum of 5-Digit Numbers with and without Repetition
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MHB Strong induction hypothesis for statement about connected graphs
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Graduate Random Walk in confined region and loop configurations
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MHB How to derive the Poisson p.m.f.
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Undergrad Is the Original Exercise Formulation in My Textbook Incorrect?
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MHB Conditional expectation of joint PMF
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MHB Finding the CDF: Solving for c & Understanding Results
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Undergrad Counting Distinct Group Combinations
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MHB Can a bipartite graph have two non-connected parts?
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Undergrad Understanding Conditional Probability with Dependent Variables
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Graduate Kurtosis/4th central moment in terms of mean and variance
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MHB Show that a quantified statement is true:
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MHB Finding Marginal PDFs: Need Help With Integrating Complex Expressions?
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MHB PDF of X^2: General Method & Question Answered
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Undergrad Gaussian Distrib: What is Standard Deviation of Mean?
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MHB Proving ((p->~q)∧q)->~p as a Tautology - Abdullah's FB Question
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Graduate Sum of signal and its probability density (special case )
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Graduate Sum of signal and its probability density
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MHB Recommendations for good statistics textbook?
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MHB Counting proof of the addition rule
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Graduate How to sample subspaces uniformly
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MHB How Should I Calculate Optimal Risk/Reward in Forex Trading?
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Graduate Are those solutions equivalent?
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Graduate 3 paper dots fall from a 3-hole punch
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Graduate Can we prove every number is even or odd without induction?
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Undergrad Chance of Game Ending in 5 trials: Exam Question Analysis
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MHB Use Algebraic Manipulation Part 2
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MHB Valuing a Forward Contract with Multiple Trading Price Probabilities
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MHB Healthcare statistics problem help
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MHB Tips for Creating an Effective Resume
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MHB Converse,the contrapositive and the inverse of these condition
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MHB How Can Algebraic Manipulation Prove the Consensus Property in Logic Circuits?
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Undergrad Is Cardinality of Empty Set an Axiom or Can it be Proven?
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Undergrad Metric for rating funtion accuracy from R^m to R.
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MHB Conditional expectation proof question
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Graduate Broken Stick Model: Use & Expected Length
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Graduate Find E[(X-mu)^k] - Normal Random Variable
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Graduate The so-called Myth of Multiple Size Infinities
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MHB Is the Set of Non-Negative Integers Formed by $a-dx$ Always Nonempty?
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Graduate How to evaluate this probability
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Undergrad Regarding the finding of domains of functions
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MHB Probability that wrong candidate was selected
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Undergrad Example involving conditional probability and transitivity
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MHB What is the probability density for a given exponential functional integral?
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate and Combine Probabilities in a Two-Card Poker Game?
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Graduate Is an expected value of fx(x) the same as this expected value?
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Undergrad There are 4 boxes. One of them contains a lottery ticket
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MHB How Does De Morgan's Law Apply to Probability Logic?
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MHB How Does Strong Induction Prove Consistency in the Pile Splitting Problem?
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Graduate Cardinality as the natural numbers
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Undergrad Could Someone Explain Partial Dependence to me?
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Graduate Does Revealing a Real Coin Change Odds in the Modified Monty Hall Problem?
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MHB Calculation when Mixing Two Compounds....
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Undergrad Why was the moment generating function defined and what is its purpose?
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Graduate 95% Confidence of weighted average
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Undergrad Probability P(A' and B') of disjoint events.
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MHB Can we prove $3^n > n^3$ for all $n \geqslant 4$ using induction?
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Undergrad Proving with contrapositive methode instead of contradition
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MHB Cardinality of a infinite subset
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MHB Probability that all N_Q packets arrived in [0,t], in a Poisson process
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MHB Can you prove the combinatorics challenge and find the value of |S_n-3T_n|?
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Graduate How Is the Permutation Approximation Proven for Large N?
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Graduate Confusing Axiomatic Set Theory Proof
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Undergrad Analyzing Batch Volatility and Predicting Future Results
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Graduate Need Some Mathematical Guidance Regarding Random Variables
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Graduate Cantors diagonalization argument
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Graduate Why use the word 'theory' instead of 'law'
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MHB How to Prove Stirling Numbers of the First Kind for s(n,3)?
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MHB Solve Fun Logic Puzzle: 111 People & 4 Jewels
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High School Does this small odd and even proof works?
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Undergrad Can Binomial Distribution Be Used for Small Populations?
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MHB Proving 0<1 with Axioms: A+B=B+A, A.B=B.A, and More!
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Graduate Russel's Paradox in Naive Set Theory
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MHB Proving Equivalency Relations: Help from Henry
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MHB A basic Problem with two boxes
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MHB Math Word Problem - price and yield of T-bill
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