On certain kinds of groups or series as the foundation of probability.

Citation

Venn, J. (1888). On certain kinds of groups or series as the foundation of probability. In J. Venn, The logic of chance: An essay on the foundations and province of the theory of probability, with especial reference to its logical bearings and its applications to moral and social science and to statistics (pp. 1-22). London, Great Britain: Macmillan and Co.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/14079-001

Abstract

In this chapter, The series of probability, the author discusses the following topics: distinction between the proportional propositions of Probability, and the propositions of Logic; the former are best regarded as presenting a series of individuals; which may occur in any order of time; and which present themselves in groups; comparison of the above with the ordinary phraseology; these series ultimately fluctuate; especially in the case of moral and social phenomena; though in the case of games of chance the fluctuation is practically inappreciable; In this latter case only can rigorous inferences be drawn; and the Petersburg Problem. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)