Randomness
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| + | [[Image:Chimpanzee Typing (1907) - New York Zoological Society.jpg|thumb|200px|Given enough time, a [[chimpanzee]] punching at [[random]] on a [[typewriter]] would [[almost surely]] type out all of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] plays. | ||
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| + | Photo: ''[[Chimpanzee Typing]]'' (1907) - New York Zoological Society]] | ||
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| - | The word '''random''' is used to express lack of order, [[purpose]], [[causality|cause]], or predictability in non-scientific parlance. A [[random process]] is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a [[probability distribution]]. | + | The word '''random''' is used to express [[lack]] of order, [[purpose]], [[causality|cause]], or predictability in non-scientific parlance. A [[random process]] is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a [[probability distribution]]. |
| The term '''randomness''' is often used in [[statistics]] to signify well defined statistical properties, such as lack of [[bias]] or [[correlation]]. | The term '''randomness''' is often used in [[statistics]] to signify well defined statistical properties, such as lack of [[bias]] or [[correlation]]. | ||
| Randomness has an important place in [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]]. | Randomness has an important place in [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[religion]]. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Aleatory]] | ||
| + | * [[Chaitin's constant]] | ||
| + | * [[Chance (disambiguation)]] | ||
| + | * [[Frequency probability]] | ||
| + | * [[Nonlinear system]] | ||
| + | * [[Probability interpretations]] | ||
| + | * [[Pseudorandomness]] | ||
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The word random is used to express lack of order, purpose, cause, or predictability in non-scientific parlance. A random process is a repeating process whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern, but follow a probability distribution.
The term randomness is often used in statistics to signify well defined statistical properties, such as lack of bias or correlation.
Randomness has an important place in science, philosophy, and religion.
See also
- Aleatory
- Chaitin's constant
- Chance (disambiguation)
- Frequency probability
- Nonlinear system
- Probability interpretations
- Pseudorandomness
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