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A tale of two probabilities
Author(s) -
Falk Ruma,
Kendig Keith
Publication year - 2012
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.1467-9639.2012.00507.x
Subject(s) - explication , probability and statistics , computer science , mathematical economics , probability theory , econometrics , epistemology , statistics , mathematics , philosophy
Two contestants debate the notorious probability problem of the sex of the second child. The conclusions boil down to explication of the underlying scenarios and assumptions. Basic principles of probability theory are highlighted.