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Week 13 — Conditional Probabilities & Descriptive Statistics

Monday, January 12th, 2009

In week 13, the following topics were discussed:

  1. Probability (Addition and Multiplication Rules)
  2. Conditional Probability
  3. Descriptive Statistics
    - Graph
    - Measure of Location (Mean/Median/Mode)
    - Measure of Dispersion (Range/Variance/Standard Deviation)
    - Measure of Skewness (Symmetry/Positively Skewed/Negatively Skewed)

The materials used in lecture and tutorial lessons can be found below:

Wk 13 Probabilities (handout2)

Wk 13 Probabilities (handout3)

Wk 13 Tutorial 9

Wk 13 Descriptive Statistics

An interesting link for the assignment on probability puzzle: Game Show: Lets Make a Deal

Week 12 — Probability

Monday, January 5th, 2009

In week 12, the following topics were discussed:

  1. Sample Space and Event
  2. Set Theory
  3. Introduction to Probability

The materials used in lecture can be found below:

wk12 -Probabilities (handout1)