How information can confuse you — the secretary problem
Audience: undergraduate
Solving real world problems by constructing probability arguments
Analytics
Comments
the introduction and the problem were great, they kept me motivated through the article.
I think you should have shown the formulas of theorems you used before applying them
also, the last section where you solved each component was a bit unclear to me.
Overall, this was a very great piece on arguments related to the secretary problem. I really enjoyed the various arguments, calculations, and pieces of intuition used in this piece. All of the sections were of appropriate length and sufficient clarity. I had some difficulty understanding why the original secretary problem (using the ranking system for candidates) promotes a misunderstanding of the problem. This required me to reread the piece. I would perhaps work on simplifying this part. But overall, this was a very memorable and interesting piece! Great job!
Handwritten equations a bit annoying…
EXCELLENT submission, very engaging, clear hook, and inspiring curiosity at the end to model this or other problems adding a bit more complexity as needed - congratulations!!
I was not satisfied maybe because i saw the veritasium video but you put some great effort…but you proof could be more simpler instead of rigorous…but you did a great job !
This was a very well written article, and it preempted a lot of the questions I had with the original formalization of the problem and the solution. I still do not find the solution entirely convincing, but it did increase my understanding and interest in the problem.