[dba-Tech] The Three Doors Problem

Arthur Fuller artful at rogers.com
Thu Aug 25 21:36:31 CDT 2005


You are the man with the plan, Stuart! What I love about this puzzle is that
the more people know about statistics, the less likely they are to get the
right answer. You got it! Now let us leave the others to determine why this
is correct, LOL.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: August 25, 2005 10:22 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The Three Doors Problem

On 25 Aug 2005 at 17:50, Don Bozarth wrote:

> Stick with your original choice.  By revealing "y" as a dead catfish, your
> odds just improved from one out of 3 to one out of 2.
> 





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