Boy or Girl paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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renyong zhang on 24 Jul 09whats is the truth for the Question 2?
Bill the Lizard: Six Visual Proofs - 0 views
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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
Wolfram|Alpha Examples - Probability - 0 views
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wow, the results of the simulation are so clean and well presented. very neat.
The Probability Web: Quotations - 0 views
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A collection of notable quotes regarding probability.
Pat's King of Steaks - 0 views
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More colorful depictions of this South Philly institution
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The official website
Bayesian spam filtering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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How Bayes's Theorem can be used to decide if mail is spam or not.
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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.
Set theory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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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.
How reliable is DNA in identifying suspects? - Los Angeles Times - 0 views
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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).
Edge: THE FOURTH QUADRANT: A MAP OF THE LIMITS OF STATISTICS By Nassim Nicholas Taleb - 0 views
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An opinionated essay about 'domains' or applications of probability and knowledge (or lack thereof) under uncertainty. How to avoid being a sucker.
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Don't forget: Nassim Taleb is on the NYU faculty!
xkcd - A Webcomic - Random Number - 0 views
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lol, that was clever.
GENETICS for PROBABILITY - 0 views
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Genetics for Probability
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street - 0 views
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A joint probability calculation with some flaws...
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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.
The Probability Pipe Organ - 0 views
North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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Describing the way phone numbers is North America are coded
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Area codes used to be much more restrictive. How many area codes were possible before 1995? After 1995?
Textbook: "INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY " - Grinstead and Snell - 0 views
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An open probability textbook by professors Grinstead and Snell (from Swarthmore and Dartmouth respectively) with solutions to odd exercises.
Poisson Distribution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
The Birthday Problem - 0 views
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