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Feeling Cheeky, but have a probability question...

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Peter

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02-25-2004 9:36 AM

Feel a bit cheeky for asking, but I'd appreciate some
opinions on a debate that has come up where I work.

If you know that something cannot happen, is it approriate
to say that it has a probability of zero, or is
probability an inapproriate concept in that situation.

Similarly for a probability of one.

Opinions sought (alhtough I have a view myself).

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Peter

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02-26-2004 7:13 AM

Reply to: Message 2 by helena
02-25-2004 10:12 AM

I can see that a result which produces a probability
of zero is useful.

I'm talking more about assigning a probability (or liklihood)
of zero (or one) to some event, rather than determining via
probabilites that something has zero probability.

Not sure that's at all clear, but...

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