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3: Probability

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  • 3.1: Introduction to Probability
    This section introduces foundational terminology and concepts about probability, examination of situations with possible events/outcomes, and beginning methods for measuring probability, including an introduction to complementary events.
  • 3.2: Counting Strategies
    This section covers basic formulas for determining the number of various possible types of outcomes. The topics covered are: counting the number of possible orders, counting using the multiplication rule, counting the number of permutations, and counting the number of combinations.
  • 3.3: Counting and Compound Events
    This section continues the journey into methods of counting by considering cases and various ways events can be formed from other events.
  • 3.4: Probability and Compound Events
    Probability is an important and complex field of study. Fortunately, only a few basic issues in probability theory are essential for understanding statistics at the level covered in this book. These basic issues are covered in this chapter.


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