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Probability & Statistics
Elementary Probability Theory
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I. What is Probability?
In probability statements we use a number between 0 and 1 to indicate the likelihood of an event.
P(A) (read, “P of A”) is the notation to denote the probability of event A.
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I. What is Probability?
An event is more likely to occur the closer the probability is to 1.
If A is certain to occur the P(A) is 1.
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Three major methods to find probabilities or assign them to events:
1. Intuition (sportscaster)
2. Relative Frequency (erroneous report)
3. Equally likely outcomes (T/F question)
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Probability Formula of Relative Frequency
Probability of an event =
relative frequency = n
f
where f is the frequency of an event,
n is the sample size.
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Law of Large Numbers
In the long run, as the sample size increases and increases, the relative frequencies of outcomes get closer and closer to the theoretical (or actual) probability value.
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Probability Formula When Outcomes are Equally Likely
Probability of an event =
Number of outcomes favorable to event
total number of outcomes
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Example 1
Assign a probability to the indicated event on the basis of the information provided. Indicate the technique you use: intuition, relative frequency, or the formula for equally likely outcomes.
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Example 1
(a) The director of the Readlot College Health Center wishes to open an eye clinic. To justify the expense of such a clinic, the director reports the probability that a student selected at random from the college roster needs corrective lenses. She took a random sample of 500 students to compute this probability and found that 375 of them needed corrective lenses. What is the probability that a Readlot College student selected at random needs corrective lenses?
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Example 1
(a) In this case we are given a sample size of 500, and we are told that 375 of these students need glasses. It is appropriate to use a relative frequency for the desired probability:
P(student needs glasses)
75.0500
375
n
f
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Example 1
(b) The Friends of the Library host a fund-raising barbecue. George is on the cleanup committee. There are four members on this committee, and they draw lots to see who will clean the grills. Assuming that each member is equally likely to be drawn, what is the probability that George will be assigned the grill cleaning job?
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Example 1
(b) There are four people on the committee, and each is equally likely to be drawn. It is appropriate to use the formula for equally likely events. George can be drawn in only one way, so there is only one outcome favorable to that event.
P(George) = no. of favorable outcomes
total no. of outcomes
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Example 1
(c) Joanna photographs whales for Sea Life Adventure Films. On her next expedition, she is to film blue whales feeding. Her boss asks her what she thinks the probability of success will be for this particular assignment. She gives an answer based on her knowledge of the habits of blue whales and the region she is to visit. She is almost certain she will be successful. What specific number do you suppose she gave the probability of success, and how do you suppose she arrived at it?
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Example 1
(c) Since Joanna is almost certain of success, she should make the probability close to 1. We would say P(success) is above 0.90 but less than 1. We think the probability assignment was based on intuition.
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Statistical experiment
Any activity that results in a definite outcome.
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Sample space
The set of all possible outcomes n an experiment.
P(event A)= number of outcomes favorable to A
total number of outcomes
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Example 2
Professor Herring is making up a final exam for a course in literature of the Southwest. He wants the last three questions to be of the true-false type. In order to guarantee that the answers do not follow his favorite pattern, he lists all possible true-false combinations for three questions on slips of paper and then picks one at random from a hat.
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Example 2
(a) Finish listing the outcomes in the given sample space.
TTT FTT TFT ________
TTF FTF TFF ________
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Example 2
(a) The missing outcomes are
TTT FTT TFT FFT
TTF FTF TFF FFF
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Example 2
(b) What is the probability that all three items will be false? Use the formula.
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Example 2
(b) There is only one outcome, FFF, favorable to all false so,
P(all F) 8
1
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Example 2
(c) What is the probability that exactly two items will be true?
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Example 2
(c)There are three outcomes that have exactly two true items: TTF. TFT, and FTT. Thus,
P(two T) = 8
3
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Summary
The sum of all the probabilities assigned to outcomes in a sample space must be 1.
The probability that an event occurs is denoted by p.
The probability that an event does not occur is denoted by q.
since the sum of the probabilities of the outcomes must be 1
1 qp
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For any event A, the event not A is called the complement of A. To compute the probability of the complement of A, we use:
P(not A) AP1
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Example 3
A veterinarian tells you that if you breed two cream-colored guinea pigs, the probability that an offspring will be pure white is 0.25. What is the probability that it will not be pure white?
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Example 3
(a) P(pure white) + P(not pure white) = ________
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Example 3
(a) 1
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Example 3
(b) P(not pure white) = ________
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Example 3
(b) 1-0.25, or 0.75
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Important facts about probabilities.
1. The probability of an event A is denoted by P(A).
2. The probability of any event is a number between 0 and 1. The closer to 1 the probability is, the more likely the event is.
3. The sum of the probabilities of outcomes in a sample space is 1.
4. Probabilities can be assigned by using three methods: intuition, relative frequencies, or the formula for equally likely outcomes.
5. The probability that an event occurs plus the probability that the same event does not occur is 1.
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Probability
The field of study that makes statements about what will occur when samples are drawn from a known population.
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Statistics
The field of study that describes how samples are to be obtained and how inferences are to be made about unknown populations.
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Illustration:
Box 1 contains three green balls, five red balls, and four white balls.
Box 2 contains a collection of colored balls, but the exact number and colors of
the balls are unknown.
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Illustration:
The study of probability would investigate Box 1, where we already know the contents of the box. Typical probability questions would be:
1. If one ball is drawn from Box 1, what is the probability that the ball is green?
2. If three balls are drawn from Box 1, what is the probability that one is white and two are red?
3. If four balls are drawn from Box 1, what is the probability that none is red?
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Illustration:
Box 1 Probability
Given: 3 green balls, 5 red balls,
4 white balls.
Box 2 Statistics
Exact number and colors of balls are unknown.
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II. Some Probability Rules – Compound Events
Independent Events
The occurrence or nonoccurrence of one does not change the probability that the other will occur.
Example: dice
For independent events,
P(A and B) = BPAP
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II. Some Probability Rules – Compound Events
Dependent Events
The occurrence or nonoccurrence of one can change the probability that the other will occur.
Example: cards
For dependent events,
P(A and B)
,given that A has occurred)
P(A and B)
,given that B has occurred)
BPAP (
APBP (
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Example 4
Andrew is 55, and the probability that he will be alive in 10 years is 0.72. Ellen is 35, and the probability that she will be alive in 10 years is 0.92. Assuming that the life span of one will have no effect on the life span of the other, what is the probability they will both be alive in 10 years?
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Example 4
(a) Are these events dependent or independent?
(b) Use the appropriate multiplication rule to find P(Andrew alive in 10 years and Ellen alive in 10 years).
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Example 4
(a) Since the life span of one does not affect the life span of the other, the events are independent.
(b) We use the rule for independent events.
P(A and B) = P(Andrew alive and Ellen alive)
=P(Andrew alive) P(Ellen alive)
=(0.72)(0.92)=0.66
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Example 5
A quality-control procedure for testing Ready-Flash disposable cameras consists of drawing tow cameras at random from each lot of 100 without replacing the first camera before drawing the second. If both are defective, the entire lot is rejected. Find the probability that both cameras are defective if the lot contains 10 defective cameras. Since we are drawing the cameras at random, assume that each camera in the lot has an equal chance of being drawn.
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Example 5
(a) What is the probability of getting a defective camera on the first draw?
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Example 5
(a) The sample space consists of all 100 cameras. Since each is equally likely to be drawn and there are 10 defective ones,
P(defective camera) = 10
1
100
10
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Example 5
(b) The first camera drawn is not replaced, so there are only 99 cameras for the second draw. What is the probability of getting a defective camera on the second draw if the first camera was defective?
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Example 5
(b) If the first camera is defective, then there are only 9 defective cameras left among the 99 remaining cameras in the lot.
P(defective camera on the 2nd draw, given defective camera on 1st) =
11
1
99
9
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Example 5
(c) Are the probabilities computed in parts a and b different? Does drawing a defective camera on the first draw change the probability of getting a defective camera on the second draw? Are the events dependent?
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Example 5
(c) The answer to all these questions is yes.
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Example 5
(d) Use the formula for dependent events,
P(A and B) = B, given A has occurred) to compute
P(1st camera defective and 2nd camera defective).
(PAP
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Example 5
(d) P(1st defective and 2nd defective) =
009.0110
1
11
1
10
1
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Another way to combine events is to consider the possibility of one event or another occurring.
(Example: car sales)
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Example 6
Indicate how each of the following pairs of events are combined. Use either the and combination or the or combination.
(a) Satisfying the humanities requirement by taking a course in history of Japan or by taking a course in classical literature.
(b) Buying new tires and aligning the tires.
(c) Getting an A not only in psychology but also in biology.
(d) Having at least one of these pets: cat, dog, bird, rabbit.
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Example 6
(a)or combination
(b)and combination
(c)and combination
(d)or combination
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Examples:
1) P(jack or king) = P(jack) + P(king) =
13
2
52
8
52
4
52
4
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Examples:
2) P(king) =
P(diamond) =
P(king and diamond) =
52
4
52
13
52
1
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Examples:
3) P(king or diamond) = P(king) + P(diamond) - P(king and diamond)
13
4
52
16
52
1
52
13
52
4
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Mutually Exclusive or Disjoint Events
Events A and B cannot occur together. A and B have no outcomes in common.
P(A and B) = 0
For mutually exclusive events A and B
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)
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If the events are not mutually exclusive, use a more general formula.
For any events A an B,
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A and B)
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Example 7
The Cost Less Clothing Store carries seconds in slacks. If you buy a pair of slacks in your regular waist size without trying them on, the probability that the waist will be too tight is 0.30 and the probability that it will be too loose is 0.10.
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Example 7
(a) Are the events too tight or too loose mutually exclusive?
(b) If you choose a pair of slacks at random in your regular waist size, what is the probability that the waist will be too tight or too loose?
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Example 7
(a) The waist cannot be both too tight and too loose at the same time, so the events are mutually exclusive.
(b) Since the events are mutually exclusive,
P(too tight or too loose)
= P(too tight) + P(too loose)
= 0.30 + 0.10 = 0.40
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Example 8
Professor Jackson is in charge of a program to prepare people for a high school equivalency exam. Records show that 80% of the students need work in math, 70% need work in English, and 55% need work in both areas.
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Example 8
(a)Are the events need math and need English mutually exclusive?
(b) Use the appropriate formula to compute the probability that a student selected at random needs math or needs English.
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Example 8
(a) These events are not mutually exclusive, since some students need both.
In fact, P(need math and need English) = 0.55
(b) Since the events are not mutually exclusive, we use:
P(need math or need English)
= P(need math) + P(need English) – P(need math and English)
=0.80 + 0.70 – 0.55 = 0.95
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Example 9
Using table 4-2 on P. 179, let’s consider other probabilities regarding the type of employees at Hopewell and their political affiliation. This time let’s consider the production of worker and the affiliation of Independent. Suppose an employee is selected at random from a group of 140.
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Example 9
(a) Compute P(I) and P(PW).
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Example 9
(a) P(I) = no. of independents
total no. of employees
P(PW) = no. of production workers
total no. of employees
121.0140
17
657.0140
92
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Example 9
(b) Compute P(I, given PW). This is a conditional probability. Be sure to restrict your attention to production workers since that is the condition given.
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Example 9
(b) P(I given PW) =
no. of independent production workers no. of production workers
087.092
8
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Example 9
(c) Compute P(I and PW). In this case look at the entire sample space and at the number of employees who are both Independent and in production.
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Example 9
(c) P(I and PW) =
no. of independent production workers
total no. of employees
057.0140
8
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Example 9
(d) Use the multiplication rule for dependent events to calculate P(I and PW). Is the result the same as that of part c?
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Example 9
(d) By the multiplication rule,
P(I and PW) = given PW) =
The results are the same.
057.0140
8
92
8
140
92
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Example 9
(e) Compute P(I or PW). Are the events mutually exclusive?
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Example 9
(e) Since the events are not mutually exclusive,
P(I or PW) =
P(I) + P(PW) – P(I and PW)
721.0140
101
140
8
140
92
140
17