AP Statistics Curriculum 2007 Prob Rules
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General Advance-Placement (AP) Statistics Curriculum - Probability Theory Rules
Addition Rule
The probability of a union, also called the Inclusion-Exclusion principle allows us to compute probabilities of composite events represented as unions (i.e., sums) of simpler events.
For events A1, ..., An in a probability space (S,P), the probability of the union for n=2 is
For n=3,
In general, for any n,
Multiplication Rule
Model Validation
Checking/affirming underlying assumptions.
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Computational Resources: Internet-based SOCR Tools
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Examples
Computer simulations and real observed data.
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Hands-on activities
Step-by-step practice problems.
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References
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- SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu
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