Facts About Statistics

The foundation of probability is usually attributed to the 17th century French mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat but mathematicians as early as Gerolamo Cardano had made important contributions to its development.

Mathematical probability began in an attempt to answer certain questions arising in games of chance, such as how many times a pair of dice must be thrown before the chance that a six will appear is 50-50.

By: Patrick Anthony M. Alcantara