Randomness - Revision history

DavidB4-bot: /* top */HTTP --> HTTPS [#1], replaced: http://en.wikipedia.org → https://en.wikipedia.org

2018-09-26T19:26:41Z

top: HTTP --> HTTPS [#1], replaced: http://en.wikipedia.org → https://en.wikipedia.org

Jcw: Not a paradox

2011-08-17T18:20:45Z

Not a paradox

SLSmith at 18:18, August 17, 2011

2011-08-17T18:18:34Z

Interiot: merging Category:Definitions to Category:Dictionary

2008-11-14T20:02:45Z

merging Category:Definitions to Category:Dictionary

StevenB: /* See also */

2008-05-15T23:40:21Z

Jinkas: +cat

2008-05-15T17:39:09Z

+cat

Jinkas: cleaned up formatting; reference format

2008-05-15T17:34:23Z

cleaned up formatting; reference format

Ed Poor: I hate to quote Wikipedia, but it's fair use and they're right about this

2008-05-15T17:27:46Z

I hate to quote Wikipedia, but it's fair use and they're right about this

Ed Poor: Random moved to Randomness: We need a general article about the "quality of being random" as it pertains to the Evolution-Creationism controversy

2008-05-15T17:25:16Z

Random moved to Randomness: We need a general article about the "quality of being random" as it pertains to the Evolution-Creationism controversy

Ed Poor: convert to article on random numbers and randomness in general

2008-05-15T17:24:18Z

convert to article on random numbers and randomness in general

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−	'''Randomness''' is a lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability.<ref>[~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random#Randomness_in_science Randomness in science]</ref>	+	'''Randomness''' is a lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random#Randomness_in_science Randomness in science]</ref>

	However, it is still possible to make predictions involving randomness, because randomness tends to average out over time. For example, while nobody can predict the result of a coin toss, it is easy to predict that the coin should land either heads or tails approximately half the time. As a more advanced example, the motions of molecules are random, but it is possible to predict that randomly distributed molecules of water will come together in an ordered structure (ice) when the temperature drops far enough. The ability to make these predictions is an important part of [[statistics]].		However, it is still possible to make predictions involving randomness, because randomness tends to average out over time. For example, while nobody can predict the result of a coin toss, it is easy to predict that the coin should land either heads or tails approximately half the time. As a more advanced example, the motions of molecules are random, but it is possible to predict that randomly distributed molecules of water will come together in an ordered structure (ice) when the temperature drops far enough. The ability to make these predictions is an important part of [[statistics]].

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 '''Randomness''' is a lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random#Randomness_in_science Randomness in science]</ref>
-Paradoxically, it is still possible to make predictions involving randomness, because randomness tends to average out over time. For example, while nobody can predict the result of a coin toss, it is easy to predict that the coin should land either heads or tails approximately half the time. As a more advanced example, the motions of molecules are random, but it is possible to predict that randomly distributed molecules of water will come together in an ordered structure (ice) when the temperature drops far enough. The ability to make these predictions is an important part of [[statistics]].
+However, it is still possible to make predictions involving randomness, because randomness tends to average out over time. For example, while nobody can predict the result of a coin toss, it is easy to predict that the coin should land either heads or tails approximately half the time. As a more advanced example, the motions of molecules are random, but it is possible to predict that randomly distributed molecules of water will come together in an ordered structure (ice) when the temperature drops far enough. The ability to make these predictions is an important part of [[statistics]].
 ==See also==

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	'''Randomness''' is a lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random#Randomness_in_science Randomness in science]</ref>		'''Randomness''' is a lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random#Randomness_in_science Randomness in science]</ref>
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		+	Paradoxically, it is still possible to make predictions involving randomness, because randomness tends to average out over time. For example, while nobody can predict the result of a coin toss, it is easy to predict that the coin should land either heads or tails approximately half the time. As a more advanced example, the motions of molecules are random, but it is possible to predict that randomly distributed molecules of water will come together in an ordered structure (ice) when the temperature drops far enough. The ability to make these predictions is an important part of [[statistics]].

	==See also==		==See also==

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 * [[Random number]]
 * [[Random variable]]
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-a random number is one that is drawn from a set of possible values, each of which is equally probable
+'''Randomness''' is a lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random#Randomness_in_science]
 See:
 * [[random number]]
 * [[random variable]]

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−	~~#REDIRECT~~ [[random variable]]	+	a random number is one that is drawn from a set of possible values, each of which is equally probable
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		+	* [[random number]]
		+	* [[random variable]]