Friday math movie – NUMB3RS and Bayes’ Theorem
[23 Nov 2007]
There are 3 related videos this week.
Here’s Charlie (the main character in the NUMB3RS tv series) explaining the Monty Hall problem to his students. It has a good twist, of course. What you expect intuitively is not the best decision.
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Here is another explanation of the same thing from Ron Clarke (which has a bit of a Monty Python feel):
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Baye’s Theorem
Here’s quite a good (if lengthy) explanation of Bayes’ Theorem. From the page’s intro:
… an excruciatingly gentle introduction.
There’s a bunch of Java applets on that page that let you play with the concepts and investigate the meaning.
27 Nov 2007 at 1:33 pm [Comment permalink]
Cool videos; I love the Monty Hall problem!
P.S. It should be “Bayes’ theorem”; it’s named after Thomas Bayes.
27 Nov 2007 at 9:46 pm [Comment permalink]
Doh – thanks, Darmok. Yes, I knew it was Bayes apostrophe – but after years of typing ‘apostrophe s’, it kinda becomes a habit.
I have corrected it in the post.
2 Dec 2007 at 5:10 am [Comment permalink]
Iam going to put a link to this information. I saw this Numb3ers episode last weeK and I enjoy. Thanks.
4 Feb 2010 at 4:10 am [Comment permalink]
that’s interesting Charlie!