STATISTICS Lecture Notes - Mutual Exclusivity, Binomial Distribution, Germination
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Probability basic concepts-trial- event-equally likely- mutually exclusive independent event, additive and multiplicative laws. Theoretical distributions- discrete and continuous distributions, binomial distributions-properties. The concept of probability is difficult to define in precise terms. In ordinary language, the word probable means likely (or) chance. Generally the word, probability, is used to denote the happening of a certain event, and the likelihood of the occurrence of that event, based on past experiences. By looking at the clear sky, one will say that there will not be any rain today. On the other hand, by looking at the cloudy sky or overcast sky, one will say that there will be rain today. In the earlier sentence, we aim that there will not be rain and in the latter we expect rain. On the other hand a mathematician says that the probability of rain is 0" in the first case and that the probability of rain is 1" in the second case.
