Why do we study statistics and probability? According to the documentary.

Because we want to know the future

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PBS NOVA Prediction by the Numbers

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1
What is the "secret" way that casinos make money off of the roulette wheel?
Two green slots
They rig the wheel
So many choices to bet on
The dice are rigged
2
Who came up with the rules for conducting scientific experiments?
Isaac Newton
Benjamin Franklin
Ronald Fisher
Arthur Freedman
3
What were the folks trying to guess the weight of?
Bear
Ox
Elephant
Chicken
4
How close was the average of all guesses to the true number of jelly beans?
The average matched the actual count
less than 10%
less than 1%
less than 5%
5
In what century did people begin to study probability?
2nd
20th
10th
14th
6
What did the ancient Greeks play dice with?
Pottery
Cubes
Dice
Animal bones
7
What do you need to predict whether a basketball player will make a basket?
Record shots for an entire game
You can't make a prediction
Many games worth of data
10 free throws
8
How do we know that after 1000 coin flips, we'll get heads about 500 times?
Law of coin flipping
Law of Averages
Law of Large Numbers
Law of Probability
9
What is the problem with predicting weather?
We can't measure it accurately
Satellites can't see through clouds
Initial conditions
It changes all the time
10
Which mathematician was one of the first to study probability?
Gauss
Einstein
Newton
Fermat
11
How can you determine the probability that a basketball player will make a basket on their next shot?
Law of large numbers
Law of averages
Law of the court
Law of basketball shots
12
Why do we study statistics and probability? According to the documentary.
Because of gambling
Because it's required for most college degrees
Because we have to
Because we want to know the future

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