STAT 515, Statistics I

Abstract

2 Probability 4 2.1 Set Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 Probabilistic Model Discrete Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3 Calculating the Probability of an Event The Sample-Point Method . 8 2.4 Tools for Counting Sample Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.4.1 Multiplication Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.4.2 Permutation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2.4.3 Combination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.5 Conditional Probability and Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.5.1 Conditional Probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12