probability theory
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For the kind of work that I’m doing, we need something that is more like a probability theory, where you’re not just measuring a number for each data point.
From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2022
Lizza’s mother, Oksana, a professor of probability theory and statistical mathematics at Pryazovskyi State Technical University, didn’t want to leave without her own parents, who lived in another neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022
He helped lay the foundations of calculus and probability theory.
From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022
Dr. Conway’s boundless curiosity produced profound contributions to number theory, game theory, coding theory, group theory, knot theory, topology, probability theory, algebra, analysis, combinatorics and more.
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2020
The theoretically more interesting field of inferential statistics uses probability theory to make predictions, to estimate important characteristics of a population, and to test the validity of hypotheses.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
