The “Star Player” paradox haunts many pro athletes. For example, an NBA player may be highly rated, but their statistics don’t quite match up. For example, Lebron James in 2015 made 293 shots “outside the paint” (i. e., not under the basket). But his basket-scoring percentage this year when shooting at these distances was a dismal 34%. Roughly, how many of these baskets did he make?

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45

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answer: 414,377,008

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85.560%

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conditional probability is defined as:

p(a|b) = p(a∩b) / p(b)

in other words, the probability that a occurs, given that b has occurred = the probability that both a and b occur / the probability that b occurs.

in this example:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64 & turns 44) / p(turns 44).

if someone turns 64, they must have already turned 44, so:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64) / p(turns 44)

on page 42, we see that of the original 100,000, 94944 turn 44, and 81234 turn 64.   therefore:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 81234 / 94944

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 0.85560