Deal or No Deal & The Monty Hall Problem - A Python Simulation and Analysis

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Is Deal or No Deal actually an instance of the Monty Hall problem? Is it really better to swap cases than to not swap? Let’s write a simulation in Python to find out.

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The code I show: https://gist.github.com/jsettlem/d088cf9077eec7bf8b61fedb137d5359
The Numberphile video on the Monty Hall problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lb-6rxZxx0

Normally this is where I’d ask if people are able to translate this video, but YouTube’s getting rid of Community Contributions. Maybe tell them that’s a terrible idea?

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Explanation of Deal or No Deal
1:30 - Coding the simulation of the Monty Hall problem
4:59 - Coding the simulation of Deal or No Deal
7:43 - Analysis and intuition
11:38 - Outro + Hi Howie

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monte carlo
monty hall problem
deal or no deal
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