Comments on: The Monty Hall Problem http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/08/the-monty-hall-problem/ Pragmatic Libertarianism Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:46:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Utahteacher http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/08/the-monty-hall-problem/#comment-202198 Utahteacher Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:54:04 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/08/the-monty-hall-problem/#comment-202198 I first heard of the Monty Hall problem somewhere a couple years ago and played an online version that was not as well explained as the one here. It took quite a few tries to get my brain around it, and I have had a few interesting arguments about it since. I could blow a few Jr. High students' minds with this. Hmmmmm I first heard of the Monty Hall problem somewhere a couple years ago and played an online version that was not as well explained as the one here. It took quite a few tries to get my brain around it, and I have had a few interesting arguments about it since. I could blow a few Jr. High students’ minds with this. Hmmmmm

]]> By: Tom http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/08/the-monty-hall-problem/#comment-202182 Tom Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:31:48 +0000 http://www.themannings.org/soapbox/2008/04/08/the-monty-hall-problem/#comment-202182 More of an explanation than any rational person would want (some of it's even in plain English): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_hall_problem It also explains (eventually), why NBC's <i>Deal or No Deal</i> is *not* a Monty Hall Problem. More of an explanation than any rational person would want (some of it’s even in plain English):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_hall_problem

It also explains (eventually), why NBC’s Deal or No Deal is *not* a Monty Hall Problem.

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