Set Theory and Logic

    

Intuition and Game Shows

Authors: Richard L. Hudson

The game show problem originated when Steve Selvin submitted his paper 'A Problem in Probability' to 'The American Statistician' magazine Feb 1975. [1] After receiving some negative reviews from readers, he submitted a 2nd letter to the editor Aug 1975. [1] There was little public awareness of his game show analysis until 1990, when Craig Whitaker posed a question of a winning strategy for a similar game show to Marilyn Savant who wrote articles for Parade magazine.The debate of probability of success as 2/3 vs 1/2 has continued until today.This paper reveals a common error in both Selvin and Savant interpretations.

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