What happened when a gambler asked for help from a mathematician? The formal study of Probability. Infinite Series is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone ...

Of course, we all know this deep down. In real terms, it makes no difference if the chance of crashing is one in 1m or one in 9m; the likelihood is so small as to make the difference irrelevant.

Students in Wilson’s Probability course responded very positively, and so did the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), awarding Wilson and her collaborators, David Morton, Eojin Han, ...

The program offers preparation for actuarial exams in probability, financial mathematics, and statistics for risk modeling. Program requirements include courses required by the SOA in economics, ...

Since joining the Statistics Department in 2006, Blitzstein’s introductory probability course, Statistics 110, has seen a nearly sixfold increase in enrollment.

Philip Matchett Wood, Vijesh Bhute, Exploring Student Perception Toward Online Homework and Comparison With Paper Homework in an Introductory Probability Course, Journal of College Science Teaching, ...