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StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	PEARSON/2/1/1/5
Title	Notes on the Theory of Probability
Date	c1870s
Description	<p>Pearson's notes on the Theory of Probability, annotated "Carl Pearson Kings Coll." The contents are listed as:</p> <p>I. Elementary propositions & Pascal's theorems.</p> <p>II. Probability of events depending on repe[ti]tion.</p> <p>III. On maths & moral expectation: (1) Bernoulli theory; (2) Does it pay to gamble?; (3) Does it pay to insure? Insurance Curves.</p> <p>IV. Probability of future events based on experience.</p> <p>V. Applications to Witnesses & Juries.</p> <p>VI. On the sol[utio]n of questions involving large numbers.</p> <p>VII. Problems - De Morgans &c.</p> <p>VIII. Errors of observation & method of least squares.</p>
Extent	1 bundle
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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