Tag: probability
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Mammogram, breast cancer, and manipulative statistics
Here’s a quiz A healthy woman with no risk factors gets a positive mammogram result during a routine annual check. What is the probability that she actually has a breast...
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The Monty Hall Problem simulator
A couple of days ago, I told to my oldest daughter about the Monty Hall problem, the famous probability puzzle with a counter-intuitive solution. My daughter didn’t believe me. Even...