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So, I think that tge question is ambiguous, and a little more direction could clear it up. If you want to know the probability, taking into account the 10 heads

So, I think that tge question is ambiguous, and a little more direction could clear it up. If you want to know the probability, taking into account the 10 heads results thus far, I would tell the interviewee, "I am going to do this process repeatedly (picking a coin and flipping 10 times), and I'm going to keep track of what percentage do the all one side thing. What will that percentage be approximately?".

baddox 13y ago
That's not ambiguous if the applicant has taken a basic college statistics course, which is what the question is intended to determine. The term "probability" has more precise definitions in mathematics than in everyday language.
- phazmatis 13y ago
  Ah, that's the part I was missing. Thanks