THE subject of probability originated in the consideration of actual but trivial problems. Its obvious attractions as a field for the exercise of mathematical ingenuity soon gave it a predominantly ...

After temperature, the most important number to look for when checking the weather is the Probability of Precipitation, or PoP. The day's PoP usually appears as a percentage near a raincloud on your ...

IN his article on The Meaning of Probability in NATURE of September 14, Dr. Dingle has attempted to support his case by means of a striking example. Unfortunately his illustration is by no means ...

- a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible Example - " the probability that an unbiased coin ...