CRIM 320 Lecture 2: Probability and the Normal Curve
16 Apr 2018
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Crim320 lecture 2: probability and the normal curve. Probability and probability theory are the tools that we can use to determine the answer to this question. Eg. being victim of a crime, reporting a crime. Want to be able to predict what"s happening instead of describing. Entails a shift from description to prediction or prescription. More useful for decision-making than providing descriptive info. Shift from data that exists to data that does not exist. 0 refers to event that never occurs. 1 refers to event that definitely occurs. We use probabilities when working with a population subset to determine the likelihood that the trends observed in our dataset would also be seen in our population of interest. Contains all theoretically possible outcomes of an event. Value is subject to variation from known or unknown sources. A trial is an individual exercise that, when taken alongside others, will collectively form the data for the.
