Tag Archives: Probability

A-Rod versus the Yankees

Posted on July 25, 2013 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Looks like the Yankees’ management made a bad bet when the re-signed star third-baseman Alex Rodriguez several years ago … There are reports that A-Rod wants to return to the Yankees’ lineup this Friday (26 July) but that Brian Cashman, the team’s General … Continue reading →

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Nate Silver’s new gig

Posted on July 24, 2013 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Farewell New York Times … Nate Silver is joining ESPN. Here is Margaret Sullivan, the Times’s “public editor” (whatever that means), contrasting Silver’s approach to politics to that of regular or mainstream journalism: “His entire probability-based way of looking at … Continue reading →

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Royal probabilities

Posted on July 22, 2013 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Before the birth of a baby boy today to Kate & William, the probability that the baby would in fact be a boy was 1/2, but what is the probability that the boy’s grandfather, Prince Charles, will ever ascend the … Continue reading →

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