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The Unrelenting Exchange Paradox
Author(s) -
Falk Ruma
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2008.00318.x
Subject(s) - fallacy , random variable , variable (mathematics) , mathematical economics , statistics , mathematics , econometrics , epistemology , philosophy , mathematical analysis
Summary An elusive probability paradox is analysed. The fallacy is traced back to improper use of a symbol that denotes at the same time a random variable and two different values that it may assume.