http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/04/21/to-switch-or-not-to-switch-that-is-the-question/ (ignorance killed the cat, curiosity was framed) Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/04/21/to-switch-or-not-to-switch-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-168 The art of Information Engineering » Probabilities, huh! Thu, 29 May 2008 01:25:13 +0000 http://www.grok.in/?p=45#comment-168 [...] this out!” bookmarkletGoogle Search AssistDel.icio.us Tag ManagementGlossary « To switch or not to switch, that is the question More Bayes’ magic [...] [...] this out!” bookmarkletGoogle Search AssistDel.icio.us Tag ManagementGlossary « To switch or not to switch, that is the question More Bayes’ magic [...]

]]> http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/04/21/to-switch-or-not-to-switch-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-165 The Multi-Stage Monty Hall Problem « Someone and Anyone Sat, 17 May 2008 16:05:31 +0000 http://www.grok.in/?p=45#comment-165 [...] Monty Hall Problem Posted in Mathematics by Mandar on May 17th, 2008 Some time back, Sids had a post on the Monty Hall problem/game, which is as follows (Source: Wikipedia). Suppose you’re on a game [...] [...] Monty Hall Problem Posted in Mathematics by Mandar on May 17th, 2008 Some time back, Sids had a post on the Monty Hall problem/game, which is as follows (Source: Wikipedia). Suppose you’re on a game [...]

]]> http://www.grok.in/blog/2008/04/21/to-switch-or-not-to-switch-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-158 sanket Sat, 03 May 2008 00:29:53 +0000 http://www.grok.in/?p=45#comment-158 Assume that boys and girls are equally likely to be born. Let us say that a family has two children. Given that one of them is a boy, what is the probability that the other one is a boy too? (Source: One of Scott Aaronson's (http://scottaaronson.com/blog/) lecture notes.) Assume that boys and girls are equally likely to be born. Let us say that a family has two children. Given that one of them is a boy, what is the probability that the other one is a boy too? (Source: One of Scott Aaronson’s (http://scottaaronson.com/blog/) lecture notes.)

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