Probability

  • Lyric © 2007 by Lawrence Mark Lesser
    May sing to the tune of "One" (Harry Nilsson)

    One is the likeliest number that you'll ever view.
    Two's the next most likely one --
    It's the likeliest number since the number 1
    Benford's the oddest law you'll ever know
    Frequency falls as the digits grow
    'Cause one is the likeliest number that you'll ever view
    One is the likeliest number, more than two

    BRIDGE: They came and took our head accountant away
    They caught his fraud using Benford's law yesterday

    One is the likeliest number, one is the likeliest number
    One is the likeliest number that you'll ever view
    One is the likeliest, one is the likeliest
    One is the likeliest from a power rule

    They came and took our head accountant away

    (Number) one is the likeliest (Number) one is the likeliest
    (Number) one is the likeliest number that you'll ever view
    (Number) one is the likeliest (Number) one is the likeliest
    (Number) one is the likeliest number that you'll ever view

  • Music and lyrics © 2005, 2013 Lawrence Mark Lesser

    I'm a stat rapper, call me 50 perCENT!
    Gonna begin with a complement:
    The chance somethin' happens and the chance it don't
    Sums to 1 -- the sample-space whole!

    If 2 events don't affect each other
    The chance they happen is the product of the numbers
    But if that ain't reality,
    Then it's P(A|B) times P(B).

    CHORUS: We know odds good in our likelihood!
    We got ability in probability:
    We know it's got so much utility!

    If two events don't overlap,
    Chance of at least one: you just add.
    But overlap brings double count,
    So subtract the overlap amount. (Repeat Chorus)

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