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Probability Study Guide Overview

This probability study guide outlines key concepts to review for an exam, including defining categorical, discrete, and continuous variables; interpreting contingency tables and stem-and-leaf plots; calculating probabilities using set theory, conditional probabilities, and Bayes' theorem; understanding random variables, binomial, Poisson, and hypergeometric distributions; and computing expected values and variances.

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Probability Study Guide Overview

This probability study guide outlines key concepts to review for an exam, including defining categorical, discrete, and continuous variables; interpreting contingency tables and stem-and-leaf plots; calculating probabilities using set theory, conditional probabilities, and Bayes' theorem; understanding random variables, binomial, Poisson, and hypergeometric distributions; and computing expected values and variances.

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Probability Study Guide

Know what categorical, discrete, and continuous variables are.

Given a variable, identify if it is categorical, discrete, or continuous

Know ratio and interval scales and be able to identify cases of each

If given data, be able to construct a stem and leaf plot

Know how to interpret a contingency table

If given data, be able to fill in a contingency table

Know the difference between a sample and a population

Know what sample space is

Use a contingency table to calculate marginal and joint probabilities

Know the set theory notation we covered

Know intersection and union

Be able to use set theory to calculate probabilities

Be able to calculate conditional probabilities

Know the formula for the multiplication rule (how conditional probabilities relate to joint probabilities)

Be able to tell if two events are independent or not

If two events are not independent, be able to tell if they are positively or negatively associated

Be able to use Bayes’s Theorem to calculate posterior probabilities

Know the difference between a prior and a posterior probability

Know the basic counting rules

Know how to calculate combinations

Know how to calculate permutations

Know what a random variable is

Know what a discrete distribution is

Know when to use a binomial distribution

Know how to use the binomial distribution to calculate the probabilities of discrete events

Be able to create a probability distribution table

Be able to calculate the expected value and variance of a binomial random variable
Know when to use a Poisson distribution

Know how to use the Poisson distribution to calculate the probabilities of discrete events

Be able to calculate the expected value and variance of a Poisson random variable

Know when to use a Hypergeometric distribution

Know how to use the Hypergeometric distribution to calculate the probabilities of discrete events

Be able to calculate the expected value and variance of a Hypergeometric random variable

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