X1-142 (2019/08/12)

Uncertainty in practical measurement of probability

One way to measure the probability of a phenomenon is that one tests that phenomenon many times and the number of occurrences of the phenomenon divided by the number of tests is taken as an estimation for the probability of that phenomenon. The probability obtained this way has an uncertainty. The relation of this uncertainty with the number of tests is studied.

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