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Investigative Techniques > Epidemiologic Methods > Statistics as Topic > Monte Carlo Method
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Monte Carlo Method  

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Definition

  • In statistics, a technique for numerically approximating the solution of a mathematical problem by studying the distribution of some random variable, often generated by a computer. The name alludes to the randomness characteristic of the games of chance played at the gambling casinos in Monte Carlo. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)

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