From: Peter Dalgaard BSA (p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk)
Date: Tue 24 Jul 2001 - 08:24:40 EST
Message-id: <x2vgkj5lnb.fsf@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk>
Erin Hodgess <hodgess@uhddx01.dt.uh.edu> writes:
> Dear R People:
>
> Here is a non-R probability question, please:
>
> There is a problem, originally posed from an American game show,
> called "Let's Make a Deal."
>
> A contestant makes a selection of one door, from Doors 1 through 3.
> He or she knows that there are 2 goats and 1 car behind those doors.
> Once the contestant makes the selection, say Door 2, then the host,
> Monty Hall, tells him that there is a goat behind Door 1, and would
> he like to stay with the original Door 2 or switch to Door 3.
>
> There is a nice journal article dealing with this, but I can't find
> the reference. I do remember that there were pictures of goats in
> the margins of the article. (Scary).
>
> Anyhow, does anyone have the reference, please?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Sincerely,
> Erin M. Hodgess, Ph.D.
Whew! For a minute, I thought you were asking for a discussion of the
solution. This has been wasting bandwidth on numerous mailing lists
over time....
Try a Google search for
"Marilyn vos Savant Monte Hall"
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