Robert J. MacG. Dawson writes: > So, the question is - can we assume that the probability of an "error" >in the larger "dictionary" is independent of whether the "word" is >included in the smaller "dictionary"? If so, this becomes a fairly >trivial exercise in binomial sampling.
Yes, you can assume that the probability of an error in the larger dictionary is independent of whether the word is included in the smaller dictionary. How can I learn to do this trivial exercise? Ignorantly, Allan Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************************** * * * Disclaimer: I am a guest and *not* a member of the MIT Artificial * * Intelligence Lab. My actions and comments do not reflect * * in any way on MIT. Moreover, I am nowhere near the Boston * * metropolitan area. * * * **************************************************************************** . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
