# Category: math

### Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Part 4 Estimating a central value with a Cauchy Distribution

This is another in the series of "Statistics 101" examples solved with MCMC. Others in the series:

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### Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Part 3 Estimating a proportion

This is another in the series of "Statistics 101" examples solved with MCMC. Others in the series:

In all of …

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### Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Part 2 Estimating mean with unknown 𝜎

This is another in the series of "Statistics 101" examples solved with MCMC. The previous in the series can be found here. In all of these posts I'm going to …

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### Stats 101 Examples with MCMC Estimating mean with known 𝜎

I'd like to walk through some of the "Statistics 101" examples (e.g. estimating $$\mu$$ with known $$\sigma$$, estimating a proportion, etc...) for which we have simple analytical solutions, but …

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### Probability - It's Not Just about the Math

When I first learned probability, I thought it was all about math and counting. Then E. T. Jaynes showed me that probability forms the foundation of rationality itself. Remarkably very …

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### An Interesting Twist on the Gambler's Fallacy

I was reminded of the Gambler's Fallacy in a recent post by Stephen Novella and thought of a twist on the fallacy that makes it a bit more subtle. The …

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### If at first you don't succeed (for 50 times) you might reconsider

Here's a straightforward problem from Quora - probably found in a textbook - but I try to find a new direction to make it more interesting.

If there is a 25% chance …

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### Cool theorem - angle bisector

I was helping my daughter with geometry the other day and this cute theorem popped up in the examples. For some reason I don't recall ever seeing it before, and …

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