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Undergrad Troublesome coefficient of variation question.

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Graduate Exploring the CDF and MGF Relationship for Random Variables

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Graduate What is the Kuratowski Definition of an Ordered Pair in Set Notation?

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Undergrad Relating chi-squared and gaussian curves

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Graduate Strong law of large numbers - help understanding it

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High School Congruence of Intergers and modular arthimetic

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Undergrad Variance of experimental data, compared to Theory

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Undergrad Probability of skill at board games

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Graduate Convergence of random variables

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High School What is the Meaning of P(E given F) in Basic Probability?

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Graduate Probability Density Function of |X|^(1/2)+|Y|^(1/2)+|Z|^(1/2) with N(0,1)

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Undergrad Question about Gaussian distribution

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High School Help: Probability of Equal Chance

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Graduate Confused about the concept of equality

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Graduate Can Venn diagrams resemble Cantor sets with infinitely many sets?

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High School How Would You Choose the Winning Number in This Game?

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High School Plotting probability plot by hand

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Graduate Solve Math Puzzle: Proving Nonemptiness of Intersection

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High School Getting into the depths of a proof

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Undergrad Can the pdf be determined numerically for a given data set?

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Undergrad Countability of Set S: Finite vs Denumerable

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Undergrad Battleship and Configuration probabilities

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Graduate Multivariate distribution : Mean vector?

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Undergrad Proving with Congruence of intergers

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Graduate Law of total expectation (VECTOR case)

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Graduate Proving One-to-One Correspondence b/w (-1, 7) and R

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High School How many possible combinations of 5 are there in 12

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Undergrad Do Researchers Share Their Original Data?

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Graduate Conversion of Set Theory Problems to other fields

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Undergrad Expected value of 3 cards dealt

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Undergrad Is there a way to find the combinations without listing the outcomes

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Who Killed Sharky in the Underworld Mystery?

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Graduate Inheriting Genes from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II

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High School Calculate # of Combinations: Projects 1-5

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Graduate Cardinality of Real Numbers & Irrationals: Prove They're Equal

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Graduate Sojourn time in subset of states for Markov process?

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Undergrad Normal Distribution: Properties & Formula Explained

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Graduate Does (X_{n})_{n_{\geq 1}} converge almost surely to 0?

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Undergrad Confused about probability solution

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Graduate Is Magic Merely Unknown Science in Disguise?

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Undergrad Equivalence Relation: Can't Understand x~x+1 on Real Numbers

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Undergrad What is the definition of mean?

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Undergrad Normal distribution var(x)=sigma^2

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Undergrad Standard Deviation in One Direction

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Undergrad Why Does This Probability Equation Evaluate to 0.5?

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Undergrad Simulating bivariate distribution?

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Graduate Meta-language is language about language

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Undergrad What is the difference between these two probability problems?

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Graduate Should I Take the Axiomatic Set Theory Class?

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Undergrad Reducing Boolean Expressions: Axioms and Simplification Techniques

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Undergrad How Do I Define an Equivalence Relation on a Subset?

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Graduate Regression strategy for hypothesis testing vs prediction

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Undergrad Discussing the Logical Argument of a Quiz Given on Unknown Day

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Graduate Confidence that data belongs to distribution

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Undergrad How do I convert between cdf and pdf?

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Graduate Distribution Function: Computing P(X-Y > a) w/ f(m,v)

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Graduate Distribution Function f(x)= .5e^|x|, find EX and Var(x)

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Undergrad What Does the Mean Really Represent in Different Contexts?

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Graduate How Can Logistic Regression Model Amphibian Breeding Migration Probability?

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Undergrad Is binary divisibility by 3 determined by even and odd bit count?

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Undergrad Need some clarification with statistics

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High School What is the Probability of Drawing a Black Ball from Two Urns?

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Graduate How to Find EX and Var(X) for a Continuous Random Variable with Given P(X>x)?

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Undergrad Counting and probablity addition rule?

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Undergrad How to tell if data is normally distributed?

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Graduate Joint probability,-limit values

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Undergrad Solving the Roulette Problem: Strategies & Odds

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Graduate Using Poisson Approximation to Compare Infection Rates in Village A and B

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Undergrad Expected Value Problem: Limo Agency Booking

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Graduate Relationship between dist. of x and dist. of 1/x?

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Graduate Double Tower of Hanoi Puzzle: Minimum Moves & Recurrence Relation

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Undergrad Formula for closest distance to regression line

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Graduate Sums of Independent (but not identically distributed) Random Variables

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Graduate Is there a link between finance mathematics and number theory concepts?

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Undergrad Understanding the Variance of a One-Dimensional Random Walk

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Graduate A dice rolling quesiton (from D&D 4.0)

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Graduate Martingale = Independent Increments?

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Undergrad Poisson Distribution: finding the MEan

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Graduate Interpret Probability Distribution: Discrete Probability

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Undergrad Flowcharting Boardgames: 49/216 Chances of Landing on Scenario 1

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Undergrad What does it mean for a set to be bounded?

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Undergrad Total Number of Possible Combinations problem

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Graduate Example where higher moments are infinite

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Undergrad Why are implications used instead of equivalent expressions in a direct proof?

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High School Chances of getting pregnant when using 2-3 contraceptives together. Just curious

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Graduate Bertrand's Paradox: Is There More to it?

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Undergrad Obtaining samples of an RV with a given CDF

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Undergrad Is the Random Element in Stochastic Processes for Compensating Unknown Actions?

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Undergrad How to Calculate the Probability of a Pump Failure in a Given Mile Range?

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Undergrad How do give the recursive form for a certain function?

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Undergrad Probability for the most frequent number in lottery?

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Graduate Why is Nat(hom(A,-),F) a class?

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Graduate Metric Spaces: Theorem of Open Unions & Families of Sets

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Undergrad Is P(A|B) equal to P(A) if and only if P(B|A) is equal to P(B)?

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Undergrad Need Help Proving Powerset Inequality

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Graduate Is there a strategy for combining the German tank and secretary problem?

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Undergrad Standard error for marginal effect in regression?

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Undergrad Does P(X>t) Differ from P(Y>t) When X>Y>t?

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Graduate Set Theory and Predicate Calculus?

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Graduate Proof: Complex Numbers Don't Form an Ordered Field

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