Bertillon pretended that his graphological system was based on mathematical probability calculus.
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:The first set of claims can be checked by probability calculus ( assuming 50 %, ignoring the second claim for now ).
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In particular he was interested in using probability calculus for land surveying and this interest led to his contributions to probability theory.
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:" . . . practical analysis, integral and differential equations, mechanics, hydrodynamics and aerodynamics, constructive geometry, probability calculus, statistics and philosophy ."
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The purpose of the latter is to illustrate the workings of the probability calculus which those students are being taught at the time.
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The derived quantity " z " will have some new PDF, that can ( sometimes ) be found using the rules of probability calculus.
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This is a so-called improper prior distribution : probability calculus breaks down; expectation values are not even defined; see Falk and Konold and ( 1982 ).
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Using the probability calculus of Bayes Theorem, Salmon concludes that it is very improbable that the universe was created by the type of intelligent being theists argue for.
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Again applying the rules for probability calculus, a PDF can be derived for the estimates of " g " ( this PDF was graphed in Figure 2 ).
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For students of probability calculus it is a useful exercise to translate each correct verbal argument into the formal language which they are busy learning ( but many are busy hating ).
