Tag: probability

The Human Factor Continually Confounds Probability Models

With four weeks to go in the 2011 Major League Baseball season,…

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Probability and Karl Rove

I was getting ready to drive to the airport in Los Angeles…

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Why Can’t We Just Use Prediction Markets?

Prediction markets were all the rage a few years ago, two of…

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NYT on breast cancer screening and probabilty

The New York Times last weekend looked at the controversy around the…

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When improbable events are expected

This week's column by The Numbers Guy in the Wall Street Journal…

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