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Law of Truly Large Numbers — The Law of Truly Large Numbers, attributed to Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller, states that with a sample size large enough, any outrageous thing is likely to happen. It seeks to debunk one element of supposed supernatural… … Wikipedia
Law of large numbers — The law of large numbers (LLN) is a theorem in probability that describes the long term stability of the mean of a random variable. Given a random variable with a finite expected value, if its values are repeatedly sampled, as the number of these … Wikipedia
Large numbers — This article is about large numbers in the sense of numbers that are significantly larger than those ordinarily used in everyday life, for instance in simple counting or in monetary transactions. The term typically refers to large positive… … Wikipedia
law of large numbers — Math. the theorem in probability theory that the number of successes increases as the number of experiments increases and approximates the probability times the number of experiments for a large number of experiments. [1935 40] * * * ▪ statistics … Universalium
law of large numbers — noun (statistics) law stating that a large number of items taken at random from a population will (on the average) have the population statistics • Syn: ↑Bernoulli s law • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑law, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Law Of Large Numbers — In statistical terms, a rule that assumes that as the number of samples increases, the average of these samples is likely to reach the mean of the whole population. When relating this concept to finance, it suggests that as a company grows, its… … Investment dictionary
law of large numbers — didžiųjų skaičių dėsnis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. law of large numbers vok. Gesetz der großen Zahlen, n rus. закон больших чисел, m pranc. loi des grands nombres, f … Fizikos terminų žodynas
law of large numbers — law′ of large′ num′bers n. math. the theorem in probability theory that the number of successes increases as the number of experiments increases and approximates the probability times the number of experiments for a large number of experiments •… … From formal English to slang
lawof large numbers — law of large numbers n. Statistics The rule or theorem that the average of a large number of independent measurements of a random quantity tends toward the theoretical average of that quantity. Also called Bernoulli s law. * * * … Universalium
law of large numbers — noun The statistical tendency toward a fixed ratio in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; law of averages … Wiktionary
