Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: July 22, 2025, 1:21 pm

Poll: Would you switch(and why)?
This poll is closed.
Yes
81.82%
9 81.82%
No
9.09%
1 9.09%
I don't know.
9.09%
1 9.09%
Total 11 vote(s) 100%
* You voted for this item. [Show Results]

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
The role of probability in solving the Monty Hall problem
RE: The role of probability in solving the Monty Hall problem
Actually it's not given in the premise most of the time. Look at how people quote the Monty Hall problem - they hardly ever specify that "Monty will never open the door with the prize first" they just say "Monty opened a goat what should you do?" If people are quoting the problem correctly, yes you should switch. If they haven't told you that "Monty will never open the door with the prize first" then there's no statistical advantage to switching.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK

The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK


"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
Reply



Messages In This Thread
RE: Probability? - by TheRealJoeFish - March 8, 2016 at 7:53 pm
RE: Probability? - by Excited Penguin - March 8, 2016 at 7:56 pm
RE: Probability? - by TheRealJoeFish - March 8, 2016 at 8:06 pm
RE: The role of probability in solving the Monty Hall problem - by Aractus - March 15, 2016 at 4:25 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  RE: Solving a system of two trigonometric equations pjeuck 9 2466 May 21, 2025 at 12:10 pm
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4
  Solving a system of two trigonometric equations FlatAssembler 24 7092 May 20, 2025 at 5:23 am
Last Post: BrianSoddingBoru4
  What's the probability that 3 out of 23 people will share the same birthday? FlatAssembler 28 6271 February 16, 2022 at 12:15 am
Last Post: Paleophyte
  Improving problem solving. deleteduser12345 17 5682 January 10, 2017 at 9:51 am
Last Post: ErGingerbreadMandude
  Dividing by variable when solving algebraic equation GrandizerII 56 13668 October 31, 2016 at 1:06 am
Last Post: Kernel Sohcahtoa
  Frog probability Aractus 17 5317 April 22, 2016 at 9:16 pm
Last Post: Aractus
  Probability question: names in hats robvalue 78 14993 March 19, 2016 at 6:39 pm
Last Post: emjay
  The Monty Hall problem Marsellus Wallace 11 4778 April 13, 2014 at 4:40 pm
Last Post: Coffee Jesus
  The Monty Hall problem. Tiberius 47 19210 February 26, 2013 at 11:48 am
Last Post: PyroManiac
  Man refuses a check for a million for solving one of the hardest math problems. leo-rcc 12 7281 March 29, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Last Post: tavarish



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)