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Undergrad Elementary probability problem I can't get my head round Help
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Graduate Calculating Probability in Poisson Process Problem | Z(t-c)=m, Z(t)=k
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Undergrad How Likely Is It That Two Points on a Segmented Line Are Less Than 20cm Apart?
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High School Real easy probabily ( i forgot the basics)
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Undergrad Settling a Debate: Chances of Promotion Over Time
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Undergrad Dice probabilities on opposed sets of 10-sided dice
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Undergrad Why Is Sample Variance Calculated with n-1 Instead of n?
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Graduate Normalized SSE for a set of data?
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Graduate Help on Covariance: Approximating \Theta1 & \Theta2
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Undergrad Number of ways to go to the opposite corner.
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Undergrad Poisson distribution problem help
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Undergrad How to Determine a 95% Confidence Interval and Best-Fit Distribution in Excel?
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Graduate Understanding Russell's Paradox: The Paradox of Self-Referential Sets
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Graduate What Distribution Does Z Follow When Both Means and Variances Differ?
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Graduate Joint distribution function of z and |z|
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Graduate How Do Moment Generating Functions Prove Distribution Stability Under Addition?
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Graduate Calculating Width of Gaussian PDF(x) Given Sigma & N
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Graduate Show that Xbar - Ybar is a consistent estimator
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Graduate What is the probability that the top pancake is burned on both sides?
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Graduate Standard Error of Replicates, Each With Standard Error
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Undergrad What other functions can be used to aproximate Poisson's distribution?
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Undergrad Finding Bestfit Distribution [image]
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Graduate Subsets of non countably infinite sets
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Graduate Limit of the intersection of events
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Undergrad How do I calculate the confidence interval for a set of data using excel?
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Undergrad Probability: getting two of the same when rolling 2 or more dices
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Graduate Calculating error in coefficients determined from fitting a curve to data?
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Graduate Stability of the gaussian under addition and scalar multiplication
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Graduate Is this conditional probability has derived correctly?
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Graduate Why Is It Acceptable to Interchange Sum and Integral for Martingale Proof?
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Graduate Density function for X^2Y^2 and max(X,Y)
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Graduate What is the convolution of two independent standard gaussian distributions?
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Undergrad How Many Permutations of Coins Meet a Specific Value Threshold?
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Graduate Does E(e^{-X}) = 0 imply X = \infty almost surely for X \geq 0?
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Graduate Finding a probability given joint p.d.f of the continuous random variables
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Undergrad Exploring Subsets: Understanding Integers and Their Relationships in Mathematics
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Graduate How to deal with a probability conditioned on empty
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Undergrad Probability of an event is p, average attempt until p happens?
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High School Unpacking the Mystery of the Empty Set
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Undergrad Interpolation Method: Solving Missing Data
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Graduate An upper bound for a conditional probability
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Graduate Proof of Convergence Theorem for Decreasing Sequences with Logic Laws
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Undergrad Determining number of possible move sequences in Connect-4
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Undergrad How to find a logical statement equivalent to the one I have?
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High School Determining Functions from relations
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Undergrad What's the difference between a dictionary and a basis?
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High School What Is the Difference Between Outcome Space and Sample Space?
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Graduate A question regarding conditional probabilities
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Graduate Is the set of rational numbers in [0,1] a set in the algebra?
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Graduate Definition of Random Variable (from Durrett)
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Graduate Uncertainty for p = 0 for binomial distribution?
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High School Introduction to Proofs: A Beginner's Guide to Mathematical Logic
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Graduate Books on Axioms: ZF(C) & Why It's Complete
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Undergrad Prove by Induction: 3n-1 is Divisible by 2
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Undergrad Set theory. What does this mean?
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Undergrad Calculating string given index in Cartesian Set
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Graduate Can all open sets in R^n be expressed as countable union of open cubes?
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Graduate A problem about computability theory
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Graduate Mathematical Logic by Cori and Lascar: Incomplete proof of Lemma 1.9?
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Graduate Mathematical Logic by Cori and Lascar : Possible typo?
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Undergrad Understanding Combinatorics: Probability of Selecting Balls from a Box
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Graduate Linear regression, error in both variables
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Graduate Characteristic Function of a Compound Poisson Process
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Graduate Determining error of function value from state estimates
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Graduate Why are sigma fields significant in probability theory?
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Graduate Cartesian products and the definition of a map
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Undergrad Figuring out the correct number of permutations for a problem at work
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Graduate Relation between exponentially distributed random variables and Poisson(1)
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Graduate Does Convergence in Distribution Guarantee Probability Equality for Events?
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Graduate Algebraic sum of continuous random variable probabilities
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Graduate Dixon Statistical Test: Deriving Density Function
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Undergrad What is the meaning of the weird symbol in 'Mathematical Logic'?
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Undergrad Confused with using Proof by Smallest Counterexample
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Graduate Do Indicator Functions Require Independence of Variables?
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Undergrad What Is the Probability That Player 1 with More Coins Wins in a Coin Toss?
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Undergrad Grade Calculator: Find GPA & Subject Grades
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Undergrad How important is a solid understanding of Logic
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Undergrad Contrapositive: Basic but Makes No Sense | xy=0, x!=0 & y!=0
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Undergrad Understanding Probability in Lottery Odds: A Misconception
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Undergrad How Do You Calculate E(XY) for Dependent Variables with Given Observations?
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Graduate Trivariate CDF, solving for variable within CDF itself?
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Graduate Axiom of Choice: finite sets to infinite sets
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Graduate Conditional expectation of exponential random variable
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Undergrad Texas Hold'em: Probability of Full House
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Undergrad Calculating Odds of Royal Flush in Poker - Excel
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Graduate Question about infinite sets ?
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Undergrad Probability of Binomial Variable ≥ Another Binomial Variable
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Graduate What is the slowdown of a universal circuit compared to a Turing machine?
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Graduate Constructing proofs of denumerable sets
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High School What is the best introductory book on probability?
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Undergrad Solving a Probability Problem: Get Help Here
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Graduate Hypothesis test on transformed data
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Undergrad What Does an Uncertainty of 8 Parts in 1010 Mean in Experimental Results?
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Graduate Calculating percentile ranks of a Gaussian distribution
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High School A question about the definition of 'set'
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Undergrad Understanding Ordered Fields: A Beginner's Guide
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Undergrad How to Scale a Pareto Distribution Between 0 and 1?
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Graduate What the Tortoise Said to Achilles
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Undergrad Factorising a Cubic: An Easy Way?
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Graduate Good book for Gödel's incompleteness theorems
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