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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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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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Undergrad Finding Combinations of Coin Denominations for a Given Total
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High School Differences Between Natural and Real Numbers Explained
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Undergrad Can Mathematical Axioms Be Arbitrary?
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Graduate Comparing A & B in Bernoulli Trials w/ X & P
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Undergrad Sum of random number of random variables
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Undergrad Elo Rating System: Explaining Statistic Details
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Graduate Law of Large Numbers - Rate of convergence
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Graduate Summation of geometric number of iid exponentially distributed random variables
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Undergrad How to Represent Process-Resource Assignment Mathematically?
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