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This key concept will simplify all your probability calculations

Master probability with indicator random variables: a simple concept to transform complex calculations into easy expectations.

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This key concept will simplify all your probability calculations

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Paolo Molignini, PhD

Dare to solve this quant interview brain teaser?

Think you can solve this quant brain teaser? Test your probability skills with this challenge that has Ivy Leaguers scratching their head!

Aug 5

Dare to solve this quant interview brain teaser?

Aug 5

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Paolo Molignini, PhD

Betting? Don’t miss this key concept

Discover how “Gambler’s ruin” explains inevitable loss in gambling, investing, and life’s uncertainties. Are you prepared to take the risk?

Jul 29

Betting? Don’t miss this key concept

Jul 29

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Would you play this game?

You encounter a wealthy stranger who wants to play a very simple game of chance with you. Using a fair coin, you need to flip as many…

Jul 22

Would you play this game?

Jul 22

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Unveiling Hidden Truths: Simpson’s Paradox (part II)

Last week, I introduced to you Simpson’s Paradox, a famous example of an apparent contradiction that arises when we introduce confounders —…

Jul 14

Unveiling Hidden Truths: Simpson’s Paradox (part II)

Jul 14

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Unveiling Hidden Truths: Simpson’s Paradox (part I)

Last week, we delved into a famous concept in data science and probability theory — Berkson’s Paradox. We discovered that this paradox is a…

Jul 7

Unveiling Hidden Truths: Simpson’s Paradox (part I)

Jul 7

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Is Berkson’s Paradox biasing your data?

Raise your hand if you think that among all the people you dated, the nicer ones were, on average, less good-looking. Or if among all the…

Jun 30

Is Berkson’s Paradox biasing your data?

Jun 30

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Decoding probability: how characteristics influence the likelihood of events

Last week, I wrote a post on three family-related probability questions that are often used in interviews for quantitative jobs to probe…

Jun 23

Decoding probability: how characteristics influence the likelihood of events

Jun 23

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Three family-related probability questions that will make you scratch your head

If you have ever applied for, or are considering applying for, a role in a quantitative field like quantitative finance, research…

Jun 16

Three family-related probability questions that will make you scratch your head

Jun 16

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Wealthy people vote red, but wealthy states vote blue?

While practicing my probability theory with Blitzstein and Hwang’s Introduction to Probability, I encountered this very fascinating problem…

Jun 11

Wealthy people vote red, but wealthy states vote blue?

Jun 11

Paolo Molignini, PhD

Paolo Molignini, PhD

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Researcher in theoretical quantum physics at Stockholm University with a passion for programming, data science, and probability & statistics.

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