Justifying an Invalid Derivation of the Probability of a Union of Events

Authors
Jackson, Paul H.
Citation
H. Jackson, Paul, Justifying an Invalid Derivation of the Probability of a Union of Events, American statistician , 38(4), 1984, pp. 291-293
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
38
Issue
4
Year of publication
1984
Pages
291 - 293
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
An appealing, but invalid, derivation of the probability that at least one of n events occurs is justified, using a particular definition of subtraction of events.The probabilities that exactly m and at least m of the n events occur are derived similarly.