One part of statistics is probability: the predictive study of chance and uncertainty. Understanding probability helps people predict events, estimate risks, and make plans. Whether you're designing a ...

Chance interloper Probability was a relative latecomer to mathematics. Although people had been gambling with astragali (knucklebones) and dice for millennia, it was not until the French ...

BY JOHN PAWLAKWhite RockAt the grocery store, the total for my purchases came to an even $60. The cashier looked at the ...

In his book The Blank Slate, the psychologist and author Steven Pinker argues that one of the major reasons people struggle with probability is that the language around it is overly scientific ...

Mathematics professor Gregory Lawler was named a co-winner of the $100,000 Wolf Prize. The award recognizes Lawler’s research in probability theory involving random walks and Brownian motion, which ...

MATH.5090 — Graduate Id: 008409 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3 Description This course provides a solid basis for further study in statistics and data analysis or in pattern recognition and operations ...

MATH.3860 — Undergraduate Id: 008341 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3 Description Provides a one-semester course in probability and statistics with applications in the engineering sciences. Probability of ...