three (actually five) links



There are better places than this blog to read about probabilities and all that; Here are three examples ...



Terence Tao wrote a non-technical article about universality.

xkcd is not only your favorite web comic, but also posted an interesting probability puzzle a while ago [*].

And speaking of puzzling problems, if you have a question about statistics then maybe you should try StackExchange [x].





[*] If you have problems finding the answer in the many comments, it is here.



[x] added later: There is now also a StackExchange for physics.


2 comments:

Lee said...

I thought I had a solution to the puzzle right away, and then realized my solution gave a 50-50 answer. In the end I had to look at the answer, which is annoying because it forced me to face the fact that my ability to figure out even simple things is very limited.

wolfgang said...

>> my ability to figure out even simple things is very limited

i dont think it is that simple but certainly surprising...