Re: probability definition

2001-03-03 Thread Richard A. Beldin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --FF841A0334127EDA335D19E4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm glad to hear that somebody has his eye on the ball. Unfortunately, a designation of a region like "western Puerto Rico" means so many

Re: probability definition

2001-03-02 Thread Richard A. Beldin
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --3C6331B8C260BF767681A8B3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The "definition" via axioms provides a mathematical structure that we interpret either as "relative frequency" or as "degrees of belief".

Re: probability definition

2001-03-02 Thread Harold E. Brooks
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Richard A. Beldin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --3C6331B8C260BF767681A8B3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The "definition" via axioms provides a mathematical

Re: probability definition

2001-02-28 Thread Herman Rubin
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Ankeny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have a question regarding the definition of probability. If I understand correctly, probability may be defined using just axioms. However, my textbook also uses a relative frequency definition, in which a probability