THE WORLD OF PROBABILITIES

Magdalena Hykšová (home)

e-mail: hyksova[at]fd.cvut.cz

 

LICE 2011: Probability in Science, Philosophy and Everyday Life

• Presentation (PPT + sound)
• Presentation as video (WMV)

GEOMETRIC PROBABILITY

• Geometric probability - history and applications
• Worksheets
  • Grids
    • Point grid
    • Milimeter paper
    • Parallel lines
    • Waves
  • Area estimation
    • Attersee
    • Franz Josef Land
    • Macha Lake
    • Oilspill Map
  • Volume estimation
    • Eggs Sections
    • Sussex Sandstone
    • Cirna Uzza
  • Length estimation
    • Berounka River
    • Muscle

  PROBABILITY INTERPRETATIONS

  • SUBJECTIVE INTERPRETATION
    • Betting rates - can they be useful?
  • PROBABILITY AND LIFE
    • Conditional probabilities or frequencies?