03+Probability

=Wednesday, January 05, 2011 & Thursday, January 06, 2011=

Probability
· Basic probability theory o Sample space o Probability rules · Random variables o Discrete probability distributions: Binomial o Continuous probability distributions: //z//- and //t//-distributions · Normal Distributions as probability distributions · Expected values and variance

Readings
College Algebra**,** Tutorial 58: Probability [] ** Probability Basics ** StatTrek, Statistics and Probability: [] Statistical Experiments: [] Counting Data Points: [] ** Probability Laws ** Introduction to Probability: [] Working With Probability: [] Laws of Probability: [] Bayes’ Rule: [] ** Random Variables ** Types of Random Variables: [] Probability Distributions: [] Random Var. Attributes: [] Combining Random Variables: [] Transforming Random Variables: [] ** Distributions ** Probability Distributions: [] Discrete versus continuous: [] Discrete Binomial: [] [] Continuous: Normal Distribution: [] Continuous: Std. Normal Distribution: [] Continuous: Student’s //t// Distribution: [] Collaborative Statistics (pdf): chapters 3, 4, & 5 (pp. 105-230): [] Central limit theorem: [] The Central Limit Theorem-B: [] Quincunx: []