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law of truly large numbers: a standalone construct

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Probability

the principle that with enough people or opportunities, even very improbable coincidences are likely to happen somewhere.

In probability, law of truly large numbers refers to the principle that with enough people or opportunities, even very improbable coincidences are likely to happen somewhere. This meaning comes from Diaconis (1989) in Journal of the American Statistical Association.[1]

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Diaconis, P., & Mosteller, F. (1989). Methods for Studying Coincidences. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 84(408), 853-861. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.1989.10478847

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