Some Criticisms against Exam Questions: To What Extent Can Mythic, Romantic and Philosophical Questions be Used?

Evaluating EFL Learners’ Philosophical Mentality through their Answers to Philosophical Questions: Using Smith’s Framework

Given the role philosophical mentality can fulfill in bringing individuals the essential skills of wisdom and well thinking, the present paper, by applying Smith’s (2007) theoretical framework, strived to explore the extent philosophic-mindedness exists among the participants. Considering the fact that, a philosophic mind begets philosophical answers, the participants’ philosophical thi...

Exam 1 Questions

Note: All problems are from Hogg, McKean, and Craig (7th Ed.). have a distribution that is b(n, p). a) Prove that Y n /n converges in probability to p. This result is one form of the week law of large numbers.

Sample Quiz and Exam Questions

Probability Exam Questions with Solutions

The exam questions accompany the basic probability material in the chapters 7-14 of my textbook Understanding Probability, third edition, Cambridge University Press, 2012. The simulation-based chapters 1-6 of the book present many probability applications from everyday life to help the beginning student develop a feel for probabilities. Moreover, the book gives an introduction to discrete-time ...

How Can Yes-No Questions Be Informative?

In this paper, we propose to analyze the informativeness of questions, in the context of ‘inquiry games’, where a player, Inquirer, intends to establish a certain conclusion by means of a combination of reasoning and interrogation, using information (answers) from other players, Sources. This paper is one step toward a precise game-theoretic foundation for these games, which where suggested by ...