Statistical Data Analysis: Slides (EN)
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  2. Bertrand’s Paradox
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    • Index
    • Applets
    • Bertrand’s Paradox
  • Lectures
    • Lecture 1. Motivation
    • Lecture 2. Probability and Bayes
    • Lecture 3. Random Variables and Densities
    • Lecture 4. Expectation and Error Propagation
    • Lecture 5. Common Probability Distributions
    • Lecture 6. Monte Carlo Method
    • Lecture 7. Statistical Tests: Basics
    • Lecture 8. Test Statistics and Multivariate Methods
    • Lecture 9. Goodness-of-Fit and Significance
    • Lecture 10. Feldman-Cousins and CLs
    • Lecture 11. Parameter Estimation and Likelihood
    • Lecture 12. Least Squares
    • Lecture 13. Interval Estimation and Limits
    • Lecture 14. Nuisance Parameters and Systematics
    • Lecture 15. Bayesian Examples
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  2. Bertrand’s Paradox

Bertrand’s Paradox

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Author

Dmitry V. Naumov

Joseph Bertrand posed the problem: “A circle has an equilateral triangle inscribed in it. What is the probability that a randomly chosen chord is longer than a side of the triangle?”

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