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High School Formula for awarding prizes on a leaderboard
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Graduate How Does Proofs and Types Explore the Foundations of Mathematics and Logic?
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Graduate Summing up the Series: $\sum^{n}_{x=2}x(x-1)\binom{n}{x}p^{x}q^{n-x}$
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Graduate Let Xi, i=1, ,10, be independent random variables
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Graduate Numbering the Rationals for Convergence for Infinite Sum Calculation
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Undergrad Different probabilities depending on meaning?
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Undergrad What Unique Insights Can We Uncover from Folding@Home Statistics?
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Graduate How are the Real Numbers distributed?
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Graduate Bell's impossibility theorem, equivalence classes: SOS
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Graduate Why Does the Binomial Theorem Summation Not Equal 2n When n Varies?
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Graduate Coding theory - binary symmetric channel
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Graduate Poisson errors for the distribution of galaxies?
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Undergrad Similar puzzles with different answers
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Graduate Bayesian Network for Continuous Random Variable?
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High School How Do You Determine a Cubic Polynomial from Given Values?
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Graduate Among six measurement of the boiling point of a silicon compound,
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Set Relation Question | PDF Guide
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Undergrad Probability of winning at craps
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Undergrad An infinite sequence of independent trails is to be performed
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Undergrad Number of Ways to Walk Between Corners of Blocks
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Undergrad The Negation of an Implication Statement?
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Graduate Fourier transform of the exponential characteristic function
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Undergrad Derivation of normal distribution
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Graduate Skewness: large sample, but few unique observations
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Graduate Godel's Incompleteness Theorem
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Graduate What is the Probability Distribution Function for Total Rotten Fruit?
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Undergrad Calculating Probability for Test Scores: Mean 2.725, SD 1.329, 61 Students
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Undergrad A symmetric, transitive relation on a set that is not reflexive
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Undergrad Can you define a set by what it excludes?
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High School How math maps real world problems
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Graduate Infinitesimals in the Cantor set
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Graduate Hypothesis Test for Balanced Load on 6 I/O Channels - N = 150
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Graduate Understanding Equivalence Relations & O, o, ~ Notation
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Undergrad Cumulative distribution function
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Graduate Random variables that are triple-wise independent but quadruple-wise dependent
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Undergrad Probability of Error-Free Pages: Analyzing 100 Pages with 200 Errors in a Book
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Graduate Why is the conditional variance of Y equal to (1-rou^2)* variance of y?
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Undergrad What is the fair price to play an equitable coin flip game?
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Undergrad Obtain maximum likelihood estimates
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Undergrad Probaility density function Determine A
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Graduate Mean tends Infinity in Gaussian Case
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Graduate Analytic determination of Expectation, variance
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Undergrad When Probability is strictly less than
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Undergrad Understanding RMS vs. Absolute Value for Calculating Averages in Data Analysis
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Undergrad Maximizing Team Collaboration: Odds of Receiving Assistance During Meetings
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Undergrad How can we prove a text is written by a human beign?
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Graduate Meaning of countable in definitions of sigma algebra
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Graduate Consider a random sample n from a population
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Undergrad Show that if event A is completely independent of Event B
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Graduate An engineering system consisting of n components
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Undergrad 2 independent factors 1 outcome
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Graduate Find the PDF of W = X + Y + Z on a Uniform Distribution
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Graduate Trying to remember the name of a constant
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Undergrad What is the Probability of Real Roots in a Quadratic Equation?
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Graduate Rank-n Probability: Find Probability of x at k Position
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Undergrad Finding the Mean/Median of a Normally Distributed Curve
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Graduate Expected Value and Conditional Probability
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Graduate Wittgenstein's views of numbers
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Undergrad Correlation test for model outputs
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Undergrad Hit-and-Run: AS### Combinations w/1,2
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Graduate Bevington and uncertainty of a weighted mean
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Graduate Calculating Expected Value for Independent Random Variables
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Undergrad Distinct Colorings of a Cube: How Many Are There?
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Undergrad Calculating Confidence: Solving a MIT Probability Problem
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Undergrad Solving Induction Problem: Proving f0f1 + f1f2...f2n-1f2n=f2n2
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Graduate Graph G with n vertices, with connectivity
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Undergrad Probability and Factorials Question
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Undergrad Probability of A winning the game
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High School What do variables represent, anyway?
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Graduate A Father has Two Children at Least One is Boy (born on a Tuesday)
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Graduate How many statements are true on a sheet of paper with 100 written down?
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Undergrad Standard deviation of a new sample
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Graduate Proving the existence of a bijection.
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Undergrad Struggling with Set Theory Proofs? Any Tips?
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Graduate Covariance Proof for X,Y: aX + b, Y+d & aX+bY, cX+dY
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Graduate What Value of p Maximizes the Variance of X?
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Graduate Is This Flawed Proof by Induction Misusing the Principle?
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Graduate Nonparametric ANOVA w/ Between-Subjects Variable: Advice Appreciated
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Undergrad Data Analysis of Fish Weight: Finding % & # within 1 SD
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Undergrad Building a Discussion Group Using Set Theory
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Undergrad Pick k (assume k < n) items from the list
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Undergrad Determining Optimal Strategy for Rolling Dice
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Undergrad Test Statistic in Chi-Square Test
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Undergrad How to get probability from a normal distribution?
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Graduate Proof of Poisson: Proving P_t Not in {0,1}
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Graduate Help with chi square distribution
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Undergrad Multiple linear regression + QQplots problem Includes pics
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Undergrad Periodicity of Decimal Expansion
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High School Calculating Probability of Multiple Rolls on a D6
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Undergrad Circular Permutation: 7 Boys 5 Girls
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Graduate Markov Chain Conditional Expectation
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Undergrad Questions about Big Oh notation
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Undergrad Probability of taking 4 defective capsules
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Undergrad Placing n numbered balls in n numbered cells
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Graduate Joint Probability From Correlation Function
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Graduate Using joint probability mass functions
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Graduate Random Walk Diffusion: Analytic Expression for Probability
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Graduate Different positive/negative error values
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Undergrad Which standard deviation to use.
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Graduate Using Correlation :Random Variables as a Normed Space (Banach, Hilbert maybe.?)
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