I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high. As ...

A common question that arises when considering the results from a well-designed sampling programme for a rare or invasive species is: 'Sampling has failed to detect a species that could have been ...

Classical probability theory assumes an equal likelihood for all outcomes. For example, if you were to flip a coin, there's an equal change of it landing on "heads" or "tails." Microsoft Excel offers ...

It is a question on the minds of so many people who are planning for retirement: Will I run out of money? We can take into account all of the income a person expects in retirement as well as their ...

Venn diagrams are used to sort sets of data. The probability of an event not happening uses the complement of the region on the Venn diagram. Count the number of elements in each region. Redraw the ...

Angus, a PhD student from Perth, created an infographic painstakingly analysing all 39 of Mr McGowan's press conferences during the past seven months. He described his study as 'a data driven approach ...