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Line of best fit does not look like a good fit. Why?

answered Mar 11, 2018 at 23:23

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A meeting has 12 employees. Given that 8 of the employees are female, what is the probability that all employees are female?

answered Jun 14, 2021 at 9:46

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What is the expected number of children until having the same number of girls and boys?

answered Aug 6, 2023 at 15:48

4 votes

A flips a fair coin 11 times, B 10 times: what is the probability A gets more heads than B?

answered Aug 4, 2022 at 16:22

3 votes

Example distribution where 74% of probability is above the mean

answered Jul 26, 2021 at 14:00

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If 'correlation doesn't imply causation', then if I find a statistically significant correlation, how can I prove the causality?

answered Oct 27, 2014 at 15:55

2 votes

Expected number of ratio of girls vs boys birth

answered Apr 15, 2014 at 16:30

2 votes

Brexit: was "leave" statistically significant?

answered Jun 25, 2016 at 13:30

1 vote

How many rolls to have a 90% chance of reaching average

answered Jul 3, 2016 at 22:36

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Is the result of an exam a binomial?

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 22:50

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How can I calculate the relative probability of each move resulting in a win, given historic win/loss data for the possible moves?

answered Apr 13, 2014 at 16:39

1 vote

Statistics concept to explain why you're less likely to flip the same number of heads as tails, as the number of flips increases?

answered Nov 20, 2015 at 9:32

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Can machine learning decode the SHA256 hashes?

answered Sep 15, 2018 at 14:07

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If 'B is more likely given A', then 'A is more likely given B'

answered Apr 14, 2019 at 14:08

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Is standard deviation totally wrong? How can you calculate std for heights, counts and etc (positive numbers)?

answered Jul 17, 2018 at 10:57

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Line of best fit does not look like a good fit. Why?

A meeting has 12 employees. Given that 8 of the employees are female, what is the probability that all employees are female?

What is the expected number of children until having the same number of girls and boys?

A flips a fair coin 11 times, B 10 times: what is the probability A gets more heads than B?

Example distribution where 74% of probability is above the mean

If 'correlation doesn't imply causation', then if I find a statistically significant correlation, how can I prove the causality?

Expected number of ratio of girls vs boys birth

Brexit: was "leave" statistically significant?

How many rolls to have a 90% chance of reaching average

Is the result of an exam a binomial?

How can I calculate the relative probability of each move resulting in a win, given historic win/loss data for the possible moves?

Statistics concept to explain why you're less likely to flip the same number of heads as tails, as the number of flips increases?

Can machine learning decode the SHA256 hashes?

If 'B is more likely given A', then 'A is more likely given B'

Is standard deviation totally wrong? How can you calculate std for heights, counts and etc (positive numbers)?