In a [very] old issue of the MAA journal, there was a short article about estimating the number of errors still remaining after something had been checked by two proofreaders. Does anyone recall that? /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
On 6/10/2013 3:08 PM, Bernie Cosell wrote:
In a [very] old issue of the MAA journal, there was a short article about estimating the number of errors still remaining after something had been checked by two proofreaders. Does anyone recall that?
"The" MAA journal? They've been publishing more than one since 1926. I don't recall the article, but Google does: George Polya, Probabilities in Proofreading, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 83, No. 1. (Jan., 1976), p. 42. The text is available from JSTOR to those who have access. But the short argument and a useful discussion can be found at http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Probability/Proofreading.shtml -- Fred W. Helenius fredh@ix.netcom.com
you can also find the pdf here: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall07/cos323/papers/Polya76.pdf bob --- Fred W. Helenius wrote:
On 6/10/2013 3:08 PM, Bernie Cosell wrote:
In a [very] old issue of the MAA journal, there was a short article about estimating the number of errors still remaining after something had been checked by two proofreaders. Does anyone recall that?
"The" MAA journal? They've been publishing more than one since 1926.
I don't recall the article, but Google does: George Polya, Probabilities in Proofreading, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 83, No. 1. (Jan., 1976), p. 42. The text is available from JSTOR to those who have access. But the short argument and a useful discussion can be found at
On 10 Jun 2013 at 16:10, Fred W. Helenius wrote:
On 6/10/2013 3:08 PM, Bernie Cosell wrote:
In a [very] old issue of the MAA journal, there was a short article about estimating the number of errors still remaining after something had been checked by two proofreaders. Does anyone recall that?
"The" MAA journal? They've been publishing more than one since 1926.
I meant the "Monthly" but had a brain cramp...
I don't recall the article, but Google does: George Polya, Probabilities in Proofreading, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 83, No. 1. (Jan., 1976), p. 42. The text is available from JSTOR to those who have access. But the short argument and a useful discussion can be found at
THANKS! I googled for it but [obviously] didn't find the correct mix of key words... /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:bernie@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
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