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## Intro to Statistics, Statistics 1034. Chapter 4 Notes

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Chapter 4  Elementary Probability Theory  Material Extracted From Textbook (Brase, Charles Henry., and Corrinne Pellillo. Brase.  Understandable Statistics: Concepts and Methods​ . 11th ed. N.p.: Cengage Learning, n.d. Print.)    4.1 What is Probability?    Probability is a numerical measure between 0 and 1 that describes the likelihood that an event  will occur.  Probabilities closer to 1 indicate that the event is more likely to occur.  Probabilities  closer to 0 indicate that the event is less likely to occur.       Probability Assignments   1. A probability assignment based on intuition incorporates ​ past experience, judgement, or  opinion to estimate the likelihood of an event​ .   2. A probability assignment based on relative frequency uses the formula:  Probability of event = relative frequency = f/n              Where f is the frequency of the event occurrence in a sample of n observations.         3.   A probability assignment based on equally likely outcomes uses the formula:              Probability of event = # of outcomes favorable to event / total # of outcomes    Law of Large Numbers: ​ In the long run, as the sample size increases and increases, the relative  frequencies of outcomes get closer and closer to the theoretical (or actual) probability value.   ● The underlying assumption we make is that if events occurred a certain percentage of  times in the past, they will occur about the same percentage of times in the future.     Statistical Experiment/Statistical Observation:​  Can be thought of as any random activity that  results in a definite outcome.     Event:​  Is a collection of one or more outcomes of a statistical experiment or observation.     Simple Event:​  Is one particular outcome of a statistical experiment.     Sample Space:​  The set of all simple events.   ● The ​ sum​ of the probabilities of all simple events in a sample space must equal 1.             Interpreting Probabilities:  ● The closer the probability is to 1, the more likely the event is to occur.   ○ Just because the event of a probability is high, it is not certainty that the event will  occur.   ● Similarly, if the likelihood of an event is low, it is possible that the event might occur.     Events with low probability but big consequences are of special concern.  ● Some of people’s biggest mistakes in a person’s life can result from either misjudging:  a) the size of an event’s impact.  b) the likelihood the event will occur.  ● An event of great importance cannot be ignored even if it has a low probability of  occurrence.     What Does the Probability of an Event Tell Us?  ● The probability of an event A tells us the likelihood that event A will occur. If the  probability is 1, the event A is certain to occur. If the probability is 0, the event A will not  occur.   ● The probability of event A applies only in the context of conditions surrounding the  sample space containing event A.  ● If we know the probability of event A, then we can easily compute the probability of  event not A in the context of the same sample space. P(notA)= 1­P(A).    Probability Related to Statistics  ● If probability did not exist, then inferential statistics would not exist.   ● Probability​ ­ you know the overall description of the population. The central problem is to  compute the likelihood of a specific outcome.   ● Statistics​ ­ you know only the result of a sample drawn from a statistic.               4.2 Some Probability Rules ­ Compound Events     Conditional Probability and Multiplication Rules:    Independent Events:​  Two events are independent if the occurrence or nonoccurrence of one  event does not change the probability that the other event will occur.     Dependent Events:​  Two events are dependent if the occurrence or nonoccurrence of one event  changes the probability that the other event will occur.     Why Does the Independence or Dependence Matter?  ● The type of the events determines the way we compute the probability of the two events  happening together.    Multiplication for Independent Events   P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B)    Multiplication for Dependent Events   P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B|A)  P(A and B) = P(B) x P(A|B)    Conditional Probability:​  The notation P(A, given B) denotes the probability that event A will  occur given that event B has occurred.     Insert Conditional Probability Rule    How to Use the Multiplication Rules  1. First determine whether A and B are independent events. If P(A) = P(A|B), then the  events are ​independent.​   2. If A and B are independent events: P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B).  3. If A and B are any events, P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B|A) or P(A and B) = P(B) x P(A|B).    What does Conditional Probability Tell Us?  Conditional probability of two events A and B tell us:  ● The probability that event A will happen under the assumption that event B has happened  (or is guaranteed to happen in the future). This probability is designated P(A|B) and is  read “probability of A given event B.” Note that P(A|B) might be larger or smaller than  P(A).  ● The probability that event B will happen under the assumption that event A has  happened.  This probability is designated P(B|A). Note that P(A|B) and P(B|A) are not  necessarily equal.   ● If P(A|B) = P(A) or P(B|A) = P(B), then events A and B are  independent.  This means  the occurrence of one of the events does not change the probability that the other event  will occur.   ● Conditional probabilities enter into the calculations that two events A and B will both  happen together.      P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B|A)  also      P(A and B) = P(A)x P(B)    In the case that events A and B are independent, then the formulas for P(A and B)  simplify to.   P(A and B) = P(A) x P(B).  ● If we know the values of P(A and B) and P(B), then we can calculate the value of P(A|B).       Mutually Exclusive/ Disjoint:​  Two events are mutually exclusive or disjoint if ​ they cannot  occur​ together.  In particular, events A and B are mutually exclusive if P(A and B) = 0.    Addition Rule for Mutually Exclusive Events A and B   P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)    General Addition Rule for any Events A and B (Not Mutually Exclusive)  P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) ­ P(A and B)    How to Use the Addition Rules   1. First determine whether A and B are mutually exclusive events. If P(A and B) = 0, then  the events are mutually exclusive.   2. If A and B are mutually exclusive events, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B).  3. If A and B are any events, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) ­ P(A and B).     What Does the Fact that Two Events are Mutually Exclusive Tell Us?   If two events A and B are mutually exclusive, then we know the occurrence of one of the events  means that the other event will not happen. In terms of calculations, this tells us:  ● P(A and B) = 0 for mutually exclusive events.  ● P(A or B) = P(A) =P(B) for mutually exclusive events.   ● P(A|B) =0 and P(B|A) = 0 for mutually exclusive events. That is, if event B occurs, then  event A will not occur, and vice versa.           4.3 Tree and Counting Techniques     ● The probability formula requires that we be able to determine the number of outcomes in  the sample space.   ● When an outcome of an experiment is composed of a series of events, the multiplication  rule gives us the ​ total number of outcomes​ .        Tree Diagram: ​ A visual display of the total number of outcomes of an experiment consisting of  a series of events. Helps determine the total number of outcomes and individual outcomes.     Factorial Notation:               Procedure:    What Do Counting Rules Tell Us?  Counting rules tell us the total number of outcomes created by combining a sequence of events in  specified ways.   ● The multiplication rule tells us the total number of possible outcomes for a sequence of  events. Tree diagrams provide a visual display of all the resulting outcomes.   ● The permutation rule tells us the total number of ways we can arrange in order n distinct  objects into a group of size r.   ● The combination rule tells us how many ways we can form n distinct objects into a group  of size r. The order of the objects is irrelevant.

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