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From: "Diana Gale Matthiesen" <>
Subject: RE: [DNA] I need a mathematician
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:00:45 -0400
In-Reply-To: <42FD405B.7070405@hargray.com>


You can calculate the probability of independent events. If you have a 50%
chance of being male and a 1% chance of living in New York, you have a .1 times
.5 equals .05 chance of being a male living in New York. Then again, it's been
40 years since I took statistics...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dale E. Reddick [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 7:36 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [DNA] I need a mathematician
>
> Hi Gary,
>
<snip>
> Simply stated - you cannot add up probabilities relating to different
> events!
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