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,
Conditional Probability
The conditional probability of A occurring given that B occurs is given by
Example
Here is the data on 400 Melanoma (skin cancer) Patients by Type and Site
Site | ||||
Type | Head and Neck | Trunk | Extremities | Totals |
Hutchinson's melanomic freckle | 22 | 2 | 10 | 34 |
Superficial | 16 | 54 | 115 | 185 |
Nodular | 19 | 33 | 73 | 125 |
Indeterminant | 11 | 17 | 28 | 56 |
Column Totals | 68 | 106 | 226 | 400 |
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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