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Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics: An Easy to Understand Guide
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Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics: An Easy to Understand Guide

by David F. Stephan, David M. Levine
June 2022
Beginner
400 pages
8h 35m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 4

Probability

4.1 Events

4.2 More Definitions

4.3 Some Rules of Probability

4.4 Assigning Probabilities

One-Minute Summary

Test Yourself

Probability theory serves as one of the building blocks for inferential statistics. This chapter reviews the probability concepts necessary to comprehend the statistical methods discussed in later chapters. If you are already familiar with probability, you should skim this chapter to learn the vocabulary that this book uses to discuss probability concepts.

4.1 Events

Events underlie all discussions about probability. Before you can define probability in statistical terms, you need to understand the meaning of an event.

Event

Concept An outcome of an experiment or survey.

Examples Rolling a die and ...

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