Title: The Monty Hall Problem
Author: Keith M. Bower
Publication Source: KeithBower.com

Notes

Description of conditional probability, and how these relate to certain games of chance. This is a very general overview of this important topic. For a proof of the Monty Hall problem, there are many available online, including certain applets that allow you to "play along".

For an illustration of an abhorrent use of probability theory, read this BBC news report and you can see the importance of this topic.

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Click the play button on the video player screen below. For Closed Captioning, start the video then choose the upward pointing triangle at the bottom right hand corner of the player, and select "CC".

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