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Statistics Probability Understanding Probability

The document provides an overview of probability, defining key concepts such as experiments, outcomes, events, and sample spaces. It includes examples of calculating probabilities for various scenarios, such as tossing a coin and rolling a die. The document aims to illustrate the fundamental principles of probability through practical examples.

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Statistics Probability Understanding Probability

The document provides an overview of probability, defining key concepts such as experiments, outcomes, events, and sample spaces. It includes examples of calculating probabilities for various scenarios, such as tossing a coin and rolling a die. The document aims to illustrate the fundamental principles of probability through practical examples.

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BABI L ITY

AND P RO
TI STI C S
STA

Understanding
of Probability
Probability
Probability is a field of ma
thematics that deals with
An Experiment is an activit chance.
y in which the results cann
predicted with certainty. E ot b e
ach repetition of an exper
called a trial. iment is
An outcome is a results of
an experiment. An event is
collection of outcomes, an any
d a simple event is an even
only one possible outcom t with
e.
The sample space for a giv
en experiment is a set S th
contains all possible outco at
mes of the experiment. In
experiment for which the any
sample is S, the probabilit
event is given by the form y of an
ula.
The sample space for the experiment in throwing a
dice.
Sample space = ( 1,2,3,4,5,6)

Probability of an event N(event) – number of outcomes


of the event
P(event) = N(Sample Space) – numbers of all
possible outcomes.
Example 1: A coin is
tossed, find :
a) The sample space
(head, tail)
N(sample space) =2

b) The probability of getting


a head.
P (head) =
Example 2: What would be the
probability of
a) Picking a black cards at a random from a standard
deck of 52 cards?

P (Black) =

P (black) =
b) Picking a face card (i.e. a king, queen or jack)?

P (face) =

P (face) =
c) Picking not a face card?

P (not face) =

P (not face) =
Example 3: What is the
probability of rolling, on a fair dice:

a) A 3?

P (3) =

P (3) =
c) A zero?
b) An even number? P (zero) =

P (even) =
P (zero) =
P (even) =
Example 3: What is the probability of rolling,
on a fair dice:

d) A number greater than 4? e) A number lying between 0 and 7?

P (greater than 4) = P (between 0 and 7) =

P (greater than 4) = P (between 0 and 7) =


T H ANK YOU !

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