Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Mathematics Teacher (MT), an official journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, is devoted to improving ...

JOHN IN HIGHLAND writes: “I always get a laugh out of Joe Soucheray’s column when he writes about Mathematics. Lately he has been amused by the efforts of the Minnesota Department of Education to ...

JEFF: How likely is it that Putter will make this shot, Janine? JANINE: The probability? Well, he needs to get his shot past that Pineapple Windmill. JEFF: The windmill with 6 segments? JANINE: That’s ...

The basic principle of probability applies to a near infinite parade of situations. Basically, analysts use probability as a means of determining the likelihood of outcomes and occurrences given a ...

The remaining 5 course (15 credits) are to be chosen from the offerings of the Math Department in consultation with the student's advisor.

Recently, as we were studying probability in my Statistics class, a student asked me about the use of probability in math and economics. Actually “where will we ever use this?” might be a better way ...