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there is no guarantee that every 100 flips will shake out exactly 51/49.
by noodle 17y ago
there is no guarantee that every 100 flips will shake out exactly 51/49.
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- zackattack 17y agoPlease don't post in a math thread if you don't know what you're talking about. Misinformation is really anti-social.
- khafra 17y agoIn this context, "99% certainty" refers to a specific prediction interval, not "a guess I'm pretty confident in," like it would in colloquial speech. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_interval http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_interval may help.