PSYB07H3 Chapter 5: Chapter #5 - Probability (Lec 4)
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The oldest and most common definition of probability is called the analytic view. M&m"s in a bag of 100 m&m"s) and 76 ways of drawing a different color, a 5 24, B 5 76, and p(a) 5 24/(24 1 76) 5 . 24. Thus we might define probability as of the relative frequency of occurrence of the desired event that we the limit approach as the number of draws increases. Supreme court, the mean of a sample: the probability of something that something = an event. Two events are said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of one event precludes the occurrence of the other: for example, the standard college classes of first year, sophomore, junior, and. Senior are mutually exclusive because one person cannot be a member of more than one class. Two important theorems are central to any discussion of probability referred to as the additive and multiplicative rules.
