Table of contents sample spaces 1 events 5 the algebra of events 6 axioms of probability 9 further properties 10 counting outcomes permutations 14 combinations 21 conditional probability 45 independent events 63 discrete random variables 71. They are intended for personal educational use only. In the preface, feller wrote about his treatment of. Lecture notes for introductory probability uc berkeley statistics. Probability distributions the probability distribution for a random variable x gives. A modern introduction to probability and statistics. They were last revised in the spring of 2016 and the schedule on the following page re ects that semester. There are two parts to the lecture notes for this class. You should be familiar with the basic tools of the gambling trade. Similarly, the empirical probability of getting a tail is obtained in column 5 of table 15.
The following notes were written by professor michael iltis for uw stats 224 in the spring of 2009. I started writing a set of notes based on the traditional approach to probability and statistics, namely. Probability of any boolean expression involving events a,b,c. The probability that a fair coin will land heads is 12. Normal distribution page 2 class notes to accompany. The goal of this courseis to prepareincoming phdstudents in stanfords mathematics and statistics departments to do research in. Given some underlying probability space, random variables rvs are functions from the sample space. Introduction to probability and statistics newcastle university staff. An introduction to basic statistics and probability. Tom kennedys splendid lectures for math 564 probability at the university of arizona in spring of. It covers the same content, using videos developed for an edx version of the course. The text of the notes is quite polished and complete, but the prob. Provide an introduction to probability theory precise but not overly mathematical.
Probability theory 2 lecture notes these lecture notes were written for math 6720 at cornell university in the spring semester of 2014. Probability is a measure of the likelihood of the occurrence of an event. These notes are based on the course taught at tezpur university, assam, india by dr. An introduction to basic statistics and probability shenek heyward ncsu. This is an example of conditional probability that we shall discuss in just a bit. Lecture notes 1 basic probability set theory elements of probability conditional probability sequential calculation of probability total probability and bayes rule independence counting ee 178278a. Probability of two independent events define the probability that two independent events occur is the product of the probabilities of each event. These notes contain very few proofs and only state the important results in probability theory. Note that this probability kept changing depending on the number of trials and the number of heads obtained in these trials.
The results are so amazing and so at variance with common intuition that even sophisticated colleagues doubted that coins actually misbehave as theory predicts. The probability that a selection of 6 numbers wins the national lottery lotto jackpot is 1 in 49 6,983,816, or 7. Nature is complex, so the things we see hardly ever conform exactly to. You need at most one of the three textbooks listed below, but you will need the statistical tables. These probabilities involve, many times, the counting of possible outcomes. Review of basic concepts in probability padhraic smyth, department of computer science university of california, irvine january 2019 this set of notes is intended as a brief refresher on probability. Probability theory 1 lecture notes john pike these lecture notes were written for math 6710 at cornell university in the allf semester of 20. Mba super notes m s ahluwalia sirf business odds 7 1 odds the ratio of probability of happening of an event to probability of not happening of the event formula if p is probability that an event will occur, and q that it wont. Introduction to probability and statistics semester 1. Updated lecture notes include some new material and many more exercises. The basic notion in probability is that of a random experiment. Another similar and better known example is the banachtarski paradox.
Kroese school of mathematics and physics the university of queensland c 2018 d. Lecture notes on probability and statistics eusebius doedel. Set books the notes cover only material in the probability i course. Dr d j wilkinson statistics is concerned with making inferences about the way the world is, based upon things we observe happening.
In these notes, we introduce examples of uncertainty and we explain how the theory models them. Driver math 280 probability theory lecture notes june 10, 2010 file. If there are m outcomes in a sample space universal set, and all are equally likely of being the result of an experimental measurement, then the probability of observing an event a subset that contains s outcomes is given by from the classical definition, we see that the ability to count the number of outcomes in. You are playing a shuffle board game, where a puck needs to land in a designated rectangular area to score points. Bertrands paradox we begin with an example this is known as bertrands paradox. This is 12 15 to start with, then it is 2 3, then 28 45. The present sets of notes are not yet complete and this is the second version that is being posted. The spring 2014 version of this subject employed the residential mitx system, which enables oncampus subjects to provide mit. Ee 178 lecture notes 0 course introduction about ee178 about. Bialas department of industrial engineering university at buffalo.
Nina kajiji the normal probability distribution form of a continuos probability distribution. A more recent version of this course, taught by prof. These lecture notes were written while teaching the course probability 1 at the hebrew university. The theory of probability has always been associated with gambling and many most accessible examples.
These tools underlie important advances in many fields, from the basic sciences to engineering and management. Notes on probability school of mathematical sciences queen. The length of the board is 10 ft and the width is 5 ft. They were written for an undergraduate class, so you may nd them a bit slow. This course provides an elementary introduction to probability and statistics with applications. As a student reading these notes you will likely have seen in other classes most or all of the ideas discussed below. Lecture notes on probability theory and random processes. Since he has already lived to 60, his chance of making to 65 is actually 80. The function f is called the probability density function pdf of x. What is the probability that a person voted for obama if. At the top of the plot, mark the sample size, and at the bottom, mark the stem and leaf units. Lecture notes on probability and statistics eusebius. Lecture notes probability and statistics in engineering. While any series of 20 ips is a one in a million probability, we only tend to notice those that have a distinct pattern.
The following dialog takes place between the nurse and a concerned relative. The textbooks listed below will be useful for other courses on probability and statistics. A short introduction to probability university of queensland. The brief note, which is a summary of the topics discussed in class, and the application example, which gives realwolrd examples of the topics covered. The theory of probability has always been associated with gambling and many most accessible examples still come from that activity. Introduction to probability models course lecture notes 1 introduction to probability 1. Now redraw the plot with all of the leaves corresponding to a particular stem ordered increas ingly. Geometry unit 12 note sheets2016 definitions typed in.
Notice that the a priori probability is in this case 0. Introduction to probability and statistics mathematics. An introduction to basic statistics and probability p. These notes can be used for educational purposes, provided they are kept in their original form, including this title page. Consider a circle of radius 1, and an equilateral triangle bounded in the circle, say abc. You might ask, why did i look at the tables for white males. These notes form a short, but comprehensive, secondyear introduction to prob ability. Introduction to probability lecture notes john pike these lecture notes were written for math 4710 at cornell university in the allf semester of 2014. Lecture notes theory of probability mathematics mit.
Additionally, the probability of the whole sample space should equal one, as it contains all outcomes p outcomes in total 1. They were revised in the allf of 2015 and the schedule on the following page re ects that semester. These notes are for personal educational use only and are not to be published or redistributed. Find the probability of rolling a 5 or a 6 on a standard number cube. Pdf this book has been written primarily to answer the growing need for a one semester course in probability and probability distributions for. Almost all of the material and structure as well as some of the language comes directly from the course text, a first. A patient is admitted to the hospital and a potentially lifesaving drug is administered. A textbook introduction to probability, by charles m. If you lose, add the amount that you last bet to the end of your list. Values of a and b were determined from the data, according to the following principle. The probability that a drawing pin will land point up is 0.
Geometric probability geometry unit 7 properties of polygons page 566 example 4. Conditional probability many times we know additional information that a ects the calculation of a probability. Notes on discrete probability the following notes cover, mostly without proofs, some basic notions and results of discrete probability. These are the lecture notes for a year long, phd level course in probability theory that i taught at stanford university in 2004, 2006 and 2009. The digits to the right of the vertical line are known as the leaves of the plot, and each digit is known as a leaf. Most of the material was compiled from a number of textbooks, such that a.
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