“Probability”, Dickson Chapter 8

Mod 3/1

A. Introduction

B. The Meaning of Probabilities

C. Derivation of Probabilities

C.1 A Priori

C.2 Relative Frequency

C.3 Subjective

D. Combining Probabilities

D.1 Alternative Events

D.2 Joint Events

D.3 Probability Trees

E. Probability Distributions

E.1 Discrete and Continuous Variables

E.2 Actual and Theoretical Distributions

F. The Normal Distribution

F.1 Using the Normal Distribution

G. Binomial Distribution