Re: For absolute beginners

Dear Mr Tomsky,

Be not too hard on Afonso the Moron as,
by his own admission, he is neither a
statistician nor a programmer, but
a mere data processor. Above, Afonso
the Moron wrote:

You are NOT a Mathematician or even someone with the minimum expertise in DATA >PROCESSING (as I am).

So do not expect his statistics to be correct, as
he is not a statistician, and do not expect his
programs to be correct, as he is not a programmer.

That's why he's so much fun to watch: he's screwing up
two things at once (statistics and programming)!

You are so kind to correct both his statistics and
his programming. You must be a very good neighbor,
the kind of person who would shovel his neighbors
walk after a snowstorm. Afonso, on the other hand,
is just a village idiot.

Yurra

Jack Tomsky wrote:
Jack:

When I program

*** REM "TWWO"
CLS
DEFDBL A-Z
n = 50: p = 1
FOR i = 0 TO n - 1
p = p * (365 - i) / 365
NEXT I ***


I evaluate

___p = Prod ( 365 - i ) / 365___0<= i <= n-1

which is CORRECT for the probability no matches, and
not your WRONG formula
*** a) p = 1 - Prod(1-(j-1)/365)
*** a) p = 1 - Prod(1-(j-1)/365)
*** a) p = 1 - Prod(1-(j-1)/365)

How could copy your formula if a found the correct
value BEFORE (Jul 25, 2006 6:37 PM ) you post the
formula above on Jul 25, 2006 7::07 PM?




Your formula on July 25, 2006, 6:37 PM is correct if and only if 100 = 50. Are you claiming that 100 = 50?




Furthermore

Put j=0 in your WROMG formula and you get the first
factor equal to
____1 - ( 0-1) / 365 = 1 + 1/365 = 366/365
larger than ONE!!!!!!!!

DO YOU INSIST YET THAT THE FORMULA a) IS THE CORRECT
T ONE?

Who put you in jail by outrageous - defamatory
attempt?



The judge released me from jail for the express purpose of finding errors in your formulas.

Jack





_______licas (Luis A. Afonso)

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