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Boy or Girl paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • renyong zhang on 24 Jul 09
     
    whats is the truth for the Question 2?
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Bill the Lizard: Six Visual Proofs - 0 views

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  • Sam V on 06 Aug 09
     
    Visual proofs of some series. Not 100% related to probability but neat nonetheless. For example, check out the illustration of 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n = n * (n+1) / 2
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Wolfram|Alpha Examples - Probability - 0 views

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  • Sam V on 28 Jul 09
     
    wow, the results of the simulation are so clean and well presented. very neat.
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The Probability Web: Quotations - 0 views

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  • Sam V on 06 Aug 09
     
    A collection of notable quotes regarding probability.
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Pat's King of Steaks - 0 views

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  • Matthew Leingang on 16 Jun 09
     
    More colorful depictions of this South Philly institution
  • Matthew Leingang on 16 Jun 09
     
    The official website
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Bayesian spam filtering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Matthew Leingang on 09 Jul 09
     
    How Bayes's Theorem can be used to decide if mail is spam or not.
  • Marc Tourangeau on 21 Jul 09
     
    Very cool. Now that we see that mail filter software "adapts" to the user, we can address the problem in class of what would happen if a doctor who deals with prostate issues uses a filter and words such as viagra prop up when the email is not actually spam.
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Set theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Matthew Leingang on 01 Jul 09
     
    Overview of the history, philosophy, and basic operations in set theory. Fortunately, sets are an extremely flexible way to describe mathematical objects, such as the sample space of some experiment. To our disappointment, it turns out to not be the be-all, end-all of mathematics, but that's a subject for a logic course.
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How reliable is DNA in identifying suspects? - Los Angeles Times - 0 views

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  • John Muccini on 27 Jul 09
     
    There are at least 3 conditional probabilities problems embedded in the article (it doesn't look like there are specific enough numbers to solve them precisely though).
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Edge: THE FOURTH QUADRANT: A MAP OF THE LIMITS OF STATISTICS By Nassim Nicholas Taleb - 0 views

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  • Sam V on 14 Jul 09
     
    An opinionated essay about 'domains' or applications of probability and knowledge (or lack thereof) under uncertainty. How to avoid being a sucker.
  • Matthew Leingang on 15 Jul 09
     
    Don't forget: Nassim Taleb is on the NYU faculty!
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xkcd - A Webcomic - Random Number - 0 views

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  • Truman Deeb on 20 Jul 09
     
    lol, that was clever.
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GENETICS for PROBABILITY - 0 views

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  • renyong zhang on 24 Jul 09
     
    Genetics for Probability
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Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street - 0 views

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  • Matthew Leingang on 16 Jun 09
     
    A joint probability calculation with some flaws...
  • Matthew Leingang on 16 Jun 09
     
    This is probably beyond the scope of the course but the article is very well written and will be interesting before and after the course.
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North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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  • Matthew Leingang on 16 Jun 09
     
    Describing the way phone numbers is North America are coded
  • Matthew Leingang on 16 Jun 09
     
    Area codes used to be much more restrictive. How many area codes were possible before 1995? After 1995?
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Textbook: "INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY " - Grinstead and Snell - 0 views

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  • Sam V on 17 Jul 09
     
    An open probability textbook by professors Grinstead and Snell (from Swarthmore and Dartmouth respectively) with solutions to odd exercises.
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