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Graduate A question for stochastic calculus

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Undergrad What is the Accuracy of Airflow Measurements Using Multiple Devices?

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Undergrad Independent Trials: Probability of Events A_i

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Undergrad Calculating Possible Combinations in 2 Vectors

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Graduate Prove property of classes (introductory set theory)

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Undergrad Can I Put the Expectation Symbol Inside an Integral?

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Graduate Monty Hall Problem - But with 4 doors and two opportunities to switch

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Undergrad Number sequence is present in the decimal expansion of pi?

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Graduate Is the Square Root of an Unbiased Variance Estimator Also Unbiased?

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Undergrad Problem at Work with Regression

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Undergrad Why is the Linearity of Expectation Used in This Equation?

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Undergrad Finding p-value for a Stouffer Z value?

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Graduate N-dimensional RV vs DT Random process

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Graduate Prove set S is countable iff there exists a surjective/injective function

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Undergrad What is the origin of the standard normal distribution function?

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Undergrad Infinite Sets: Are They All Equal?

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Undergrad Calculating Probability of Hand of n Cards from a Given Set

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Undergrad Calculating Probability of Rolling Yahtzee

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Undergrad Knock out tournament to find first places

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High School What is the value of a random variable?

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Graduate Cardinality Problem: Prove |A| < |N|

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Graduate Sum of two random variables- kind of

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Undergrad Does the Interval [-1,∞) Include Any Open Sets?

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Graduate Understanding criticisms of a paper

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Undergrad Estimating Uncertainty in f(x)=a/x

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Graduate Unbiased estimator of a probability?

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Graduate Gambling and the law of large numbers

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Undergrad Basic Probabilities. Conditional Prob.

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Undergrad The file is called logbin.m and can be downloaded for free.Hope this helps!

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Undergrad Weighted average with uneven errors

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High School Understanding Binomial Coefficients: Solving a Sample Problem

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Undergrad At Least 2 People in a Set of n Have Same # of Acquaintances

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Undergrad Trading Card Game Player needs Probability help please

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Graduate Why Can't Well Ordering of Reals be Proven with Dedekind Cuts?

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Graduate Maximum Drawdown (Binomial tree)

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Undergrad Investigating strength of relationship

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Graduate Betting systems and independence

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Graduate Understanding Well-Founded Sets

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Undergrad A familiar probability question

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High School Is this the correct contrapositive?

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Graduate Proof of the statement: sum of two random variables is also a random variable

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Graduate Can E(y/x) be determined if E(1/x) and E(y) are known?

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Undergrad Layout for defining prob. for Independent Events.

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Graduate A hideous Linear Regression/confidence set question

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Graduate What kind of probability distribution would you use to model network queues

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Undergrad How can I use modulus and inequalities to simplify my equations?

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Undergrad Lets say I have 18 independant events

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Graduate Zorn's lemma <=> Axiom of choice

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Graduate A sample of normal RVs - the distribution of Xi-Xbar?

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High School Understanding Conditional Probability: Formulas and Logic Explained

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Undergrad Creating Equal Probability Random Values with a Hardware Random Number Generator

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Graduate Finding the Probability Density Function for the Sum of Two Random Variables

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Graduate Confusing use of notation in expressing probability distribution

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Graduate Is Zero a Frequency? Miller G.A, Frick F.C. Statistical Behavioristics 1949

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Undergrad Confused on Linear Least Square Fits very basic.

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Graduate Relationship b/w Binomial, CLT & Poisson Distrib.

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Undergrad Nash's Equilibrium: Unequal Starting Conditions & Understanding

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Graduate Conceptual problem with fair games

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Undergrad Rolling together percentages probabilities

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Undergrad A textbook on probability and statistics

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Graduate Help With Expectation of Y(X) & X Following Gaussian Law

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Graduate Why Is the Characteristic Function of a Random Variable Complex-Valued?

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Graduate Legal proof that set of Rational numbers is countable?

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Undergrad Calculating Binomial Probability: Understanding Output

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Undergrad Characteristic Sets A & B: Special Name & Importance

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Graduate Prove validity of a cononclusion

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Undergrad Understanding Probability of Winning in Sports: 8 Wins, 6 Losses, and 7 Streaks

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Graduate Probability at different time scales

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Undergrad Prob(a or b or c or z) NOT mutually exclusive

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Graduate How many candies should you buy to get all the toys?

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Graduate Question about a property of pdfs

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Graduate What Are the Effects of Diffusing Boundaries on Random Walkers in 1D Lattices?

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Undergrad Meaning of Independent Identically distributed random variables

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Undergrad Understanding Uncertainty in Fitted Models: A Scientist's Guide

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Graduate How Can You Prove a Process is Markovian?

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Graduate Mathematical statements with logical symbols

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Undergrad What is the probability of the first racer winning first place?

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Undergrad Probability - Breaking up an event into unions of complements

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Undergrad Error Analysis: Calculating Error from Radiation Counts

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Undergrad Do I deserve full credit for this very simple proof?

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Graduate Unbiased estimator/MSE from a Gamma dist.

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Graduate How Many Permutations in S_n Fix a Given Pair (i,j)?

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Undergrad Proof of Theorem: Composite Function Inverse

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Graduate Probability - Couples seated round a table

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Undergrad Probability of birthdays shared in a group

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Undergrad Constraints on Distribution Functions

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Graduate Conditional expectation of exponential distribution.

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Graduate Proofs of the Existence of No Greatest Natural Number

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Graduate Proof of F^2_n + F^2_(n+1) = F_(2n+1) for n>=1

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Graduate N-ary relation as a combination of binary relations

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Graduate Complete, Equivalent, Closed sets

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Undergrad Effect of changing values of Dummy variables.

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Graduate Calculating Conditional Expectation for IID Normal Variables

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Undergrad Understanding the L2-Norm and its Equation

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Graduate Complex Analysis and Statistics

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Undergrad What's the best discrete mathematics textbook?

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Graduate Solve Jensen's Inequality: Proof & Troubleshooting

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Graduate Skewness and Kurtosis of Bernoulli Distributions

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Graduate A constant could have a distribution?

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Graduate Math with experimental uncertainties

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