Talk:Probability

Odds
The person who wrote up odds as currently displayed on the page got it wrong. A 2:1 event is not an event with probability 2/3; it is a 1/3 probability event. The formula a/(a+b) needs to be replaced with b/(a+b) and is probably best illustrated with a reference to gambling.

Theory of errors
I submit that the memoir De erroribus (1823) by C F Gauss should be mentioned. Gauss derives the error function connected with his name, from only three assumptions.

(C Lomnitz, Mexico City)

Graphic titled 'The probabilities of rolling several numbers using two dice.'
This is a misleading image: it implies that there are different probabilities for different combinations of fair dice, but there aren't.

The probability of any one combination is identical to that of any other combination, 1/36.

Whatever point the image is trying to make, it requires A) movement to another part of the page or another page altogether, B) clearer labelling, or C) removal Ajosephg (talk) 23:40, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't see how you are getting that implication from the image. Each combination is given the same height on the graph, so it illustrates the point that "The probability of any one combination is identical to that of any other combination, 1/36." MartinPoulter (talk) 12:37, 1 August 2023 (UTC)

44 links to men, none to women
I note that the page currently contains 44 links to pages about men, and none to pages about women. This seems a pity. Do we think we can do anything about it? Dsp13 (talk) 10:45, 7 November 2023 (UTC)