Thou shalt not say “at random” in vain: Bertrand’s paradox exposed

Prof. Nicola Cufaro Petroni, Dipartimento di Matematica e TIRES, Università degli Studi di Bari e INFN

  • Date: 29 NOVEMBER 2018  at 15:00

  • Event location: Aula II Piazza Scaravilli 1-2 – Scuola di Economia, Management e Statistica, piano terra

  • Type: Statistics Seminars

Abstract: 

We show by means of a few examples that the well known Bertrand paradoxes do not point to any probabilistic inconsistency, but rather to the risks incurred with a careless use of the locution at random. Empirical remarks are added 

 

L’Organizzatore                                                                                                       Il Direttore
Dott. Alberto Lanconelli                                                                                  Prof. Angela Montanari   

 

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