Improbable versus Unexpected Outcomes


Authors: 
Paul J. van Staden
Volume: 
31(3)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2009
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122544462/abstract
Abstract: 

In this short note, the difference between improbable and unexpected outcomes is demonstrated via an example that uses the hypergeometric distribution.

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