| Date: | Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:48:00 -0700 |
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| Reply-To: | "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@IBM.NET> |
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| Sender: | "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> |
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| From: | "William W. Viergever" <wwvierg@IBM.NET> |
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| Subject: | Re: 10 random numbers |
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| In-Reply-To: | <s97db2e3.004@mail.health.state.mo.us> |
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At 03:31 PM 07/25/2000, Frank Schiffel wrote:
>if you assume you are truly getting 10 random numbers, summing them, then dividing by the sum to get unity, then dividing each by that sum, the only dependence is the sum itself, which was generated randomly. now the question is, how much is that non-random?
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>or are we making this too complicated again?
Aha!, there *is* a ripple in the Matrix: (I feel) Deja Vu!
*or* .... what are the odds the 10 random numbers are behind Door #1 or #2 if we peeked at #3?
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