PROBABILITY FUNDAMENTALS - Symbols, Rules, and Laws

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True or False. Probability can be written as fractions, decimals, or percentages.

True

True or False. The probability formula works if all the elements in the sample space have unequal outcomes.

False. It only works if all elements in the sample space are equally likely outcomes.

True or False. The more trials you perform, the more likely your experiment probability is least accurate.

False. It is more accurate if you do more trials.
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True or False. Every event has a complement and the probabilities of an event and its complement add up to 100%.

True

True or False. The difference between independent and disjoint can be confusing. Disjoint events are those that cannot happen at the same time, while independent events are those that don't impact each other.

True

True or False. The multiplication rule can also be used in reverse to decide if two events are independent.

True

True or False. Bayes' rule is often used in scenarios that involve testing. I.e. Drug & disease testing, quality tests in factories, etc.

True

True or False. Bayes' rule is also a good way just to "calculate conditional probabilities."

True

The idea of partitioning a sample space into sections and finding the marginal probability (P(A) by adding the probability of each partition is called the law of total probability.

True

True or False. Use the simpler version if you happen to know both marginal probabilities and the opposite conditional, or the LTP version when you've got a false positive scenario or something similar.

True

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