Richard von Mises - Probability Quotes

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If the concept of probability and the formulae of the theory of probability are used without a clear understanding of the collectives involved, one may arrive at entirely misleading results.

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The theory of probability can never lead to a definite statement concerning a single event.

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Apart from this older generation, there is scarcely a modern mathematician who still adheres without reservation to the classical theory of probability. The majority have more or less accepted the frequency definition.

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Mass phenomena to which the theory of probability does not apply are, of course, of common occurrence.

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Starting from a logically clear concept of probability, based on experience, using arguments which are usually called statistical, we can discover truth in wide domains of human interest.

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Because certain elements of geometry have for a long time been included in the general course of education, every educated man is able to distinguish between the practical task of the land surveyor and the theoretical investigation of the geometer. The corresponding distinction between the theory of probability and statistics has yet to be recognized.

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It has been asserted - and this is no overstatement - that whereas other sciences draw their conclusions from what we know, the science of probability derives its most important results from what we do not know.

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If one talks of the probability that the two poems known as the Iliad and the Odyssey have the same author, no reference to a prolonged sequence of cases is possible and it hardly makes sense to assign a numerical value to such a conjecture.

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