
A short history of probability
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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Calculating the Probability of Death and the Use of Annuities
The chapter discusses the use of probability to calculate the likelihood of death at different ages and how it was used to determine annuity rates. It also explores how Edmund Hallie used probability to calculate the probability of death based on age using a data set from a town in Eastern Europe.
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