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Topic: probability
Definition:

  • a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur
  • a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
  • "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5" the quality of being probable
  • a probable event or the most probable event
  • "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"
  • "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost"

    Related tag cloud:

  • statistics
  • mathematics
  • algebra
  • trigonometry
  • geometry
  • risk
  • math
  • odds
  • calculus
  • lottery
  • chance
  • analysis
  • gambling
  • education
  • decision
  • bayes
  • applied mathematics
  • uncertainty
  • equations
  • results
  • poker
    • Resources:

    Carleton College
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
    http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/

    Probability Tutorials
    Tutorials in measure theory, lebesgue integration and probability, by Noel Vaillant
    http://www.probability.net/

    University of Washington
    Department of Mathematics
    http://math.washington.edu/

    SIAM Journals
    Searchable database of abstracts from 1994. Full text to subscribers. 11 titles.
    http://epubs.siam.org/

    University of Alabama, Huntsville
    Department of Mathematical Sciences
    http://www.math.uah.edu/