New posts in probability

How long does it take a person with this "cheating" data-gathering strategy to achieve a desired result?

throwing a $k$-sided dice until you get every face the same number of times

How to generate points uniformly distributed on the surface of an ellipsoid?

What is the distribution of a random variable that is the product of the two normal random variables ?

Calculate expectation of a geometric random variable

Expected rank of a random binary matrix?

When you randomly shuffle a deck of cards, what is the probability that it is a unique permutation never before configured?

Secretary problem - why is the optimal solution optimal?

Why does P(Calvin wins the match from a tie game) = pP(wins the match when ahead by 1 point) + (1 — p)P(Calvin wins the match when behind by 1 point)?

Covering ten dots on a table with ten equal-sized coins: explanation of proof

Is there any difference between $P$ and $\Pr$ to represent probabilities?

Show X_n converge in probability if and only if $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{\frac{x^2}{1+x^2} dF_n(x)} = 0.$

More random points on a circle

If $X$ and $Y$ are independent $N(0,\sigma^2)$, then $X^2+Y^2$ and $X/Y$ are independent?

Integrating $\frac1{2\sigma\sqrt{2\pi}}\int_{-\infty}^\infty(1+erf(\frac{z-\mu_i}{\sigma_i\sqrt2}))\exp( -\frac12(\frac{z-\mu}\sigma)^2)dz$

Independent odds, am I (+ friend) seeing this wrong or is there a mistake in the practice exam?

If a lottery has 300 tickets, shouldn't I win every 300 times I play

Rate of Weak Convergence for a Sequence of Probability Measures

Probability of finding an item in a set of bags [closed]

Select k random elements from a list whose elements have weights