Recent content by Laiva-59

  1. L

    Literature Review: Teeter-Totters

    ... Some more info would be useful, you know. I think of: - different types of titter-totters. - mechanisms to make the "springback" (e.g. springs, simple lever w/ gravity,...) - a mathematical model of the types (spring-mass system or lever system) You can also write a poem on them, if you wish.
  2. L

    How Do You Calculate the Probability of a Heart Attack in a High-Risk Group?

    Amateur's answer is correct. Your attempt doesn't make any sense. Remember: probability can never be more than 1. So if you find 2.8, think again.
  3. L

    Another Noob MATLAB Question - For loop

    Hm. You don't define b as a vector before the loop, you just run through it in the for loop, so b in the loop takes on a integer value, and not a vector. Generally: don't use b as running variable in loop, while re-assigning it a value IN the loop. Bound for troubles. Define b before...
  4. L

    Expected Value of Distribution on Histogram: T/F

    Yup, just make up a histogram and test it. Easy as pie in Matlab, or even just by hand. -> The thing to do is calculate the mean value of the histogram, and check if that is in the "highest bar".