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Pineapplelove6

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on: Jun 19, 2018
Probabilities are usually stated as a comparison between the number of _____ and the total number of possible outcomes.
 
  a. desirable outcomes
  b. unlikely outcomes
  c. undesirable outcomes
  d. likely outcomes

Question 2

Statistical inference is to scientists what estimating the odds is to _____.
 
  a. artists c. gamblers
  b. authors d. mathematicians


InfiniteSteez

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
Probability reports a ratio of desirable outcomes a to the total number of outcomes that are possible.

Answer to Question 2

C
The processes of statistical inference and gamblers' estimation of the odds of a particular event are similar in many ways.


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