Re: Help, please ...

slippymississippi_at_yahoo.com
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: 27 Jan 2005 12:49:06 -0800

> Assuming that p is a continuous parameter (there were an infinite
> number of possible values of p), the probability (not likelihood)
that
> p = 50% is zero. Maybe your question was really something different?

I gather that the probability p(individual in this chatrum is a j3rk)
is greater than 50%.

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