cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 hours agoWhat are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down11
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the differences between 1) probabillities, 2) possibillities, and 3) plausabillities?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 hours agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 hours agoBut, it is plausible you didn’t flip 50:50 since the 50:50 is on average.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 hours agoExactly, 50:50 is statistically the most likely scenario (7.96%), while e.g. 51:49 being only slightly less likely (7.80 %). A strongly biased distribution as e.g. 60:40 only has a small probability of 1 %, but is not impossible.
But, it is plausible you didn’t flip 50:50 since the 50:50 is on average.
Exactly, 50:50 is statistically the most likely scenario (7.96%), while e.g. 51:49 being only slightly less likely (7.80 %). A strongly biased distribution as e.g. 60:40 only has a small probability of 1 %, but is not impossible.