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4 Paradoxes in Probability Theory

By: Nicholas Shackel
In:Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications
Chapter DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452226620.n4
Subject:Quantitative/Statistical Research, Quantitative Methods
Keywords:conditional probability; decision theory; paradox; probability; probability theory; random variable; subjective probability

4 Paradoxes in Probability Theory

4 Paradoxes in probability theory

NicholasShackel

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We call something a paradox if it strikes us as peculiar in a certain way, if it strikes us as something that is not simply nonsense, and yet it poses some difficulty in seeing how it could be sense. When we examine paradoxes more ...

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  Shackel, N. 2008. 4 Paradoxes in Probability Theory. In: 2008. Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 49-66 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452226620.n4> [Accessed 27 Sep 2022].
  
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  Shackel, Nicholas (2008). 4 paradoxes in probability theory In: Rudas, Tamás4 Paradoxes in probability theory Handbook of Probability: Theory and Applications Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.; 2008:49-66. doi:10.4135/9781452226620.n4
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