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Topic Name: Interview Question - coin toss
Message Name: Any ideas about this tough interview question
Date Posted: 02/14/2006
Message: I just had a research analyst interview where I was asked a tough question. Suppose you have a coin that's not fair - 70% will be heads and 30% tails. How could you change these probabilities to 50% heads and 50% tails. I think interviewer wanted to know how to build a system and how to adjust for this bias. I suggested making 2 of the heads tails but was told 'how would you know which to change'. Any ideas?

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