2.3: Probability distributions

Supplementary Resource Materials

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• Calculating Probabilities

  Independent versus Dependent Events

  • Probability: Independent and Dependent Events (Textbook Tactics)

  Intersection of Events and the Multiplication Rule

  • Practice Exercises: Product Rule of Probability (Independent Events) (lbowen11235)
  • Joint and Marginal Probabilities (Brandon Foltz)
  • Mutually Exclusive versus Independent Events (Steve Mays)

  Union of Events and the Addition Rule

  • Practice Exercises: Union Rule, Probabilities and Venn Diagrams (lbowen11235)
  • Probability of Mutually Exclusive and Non‑Mutually Exclusive Events (HCCMathHelp)

  The Counting Rule, Factorials, Combinations, and Permutations

  • Probability—Combinations and Permutations (Textbook Tactics)
  • Permutations (Brandon Foltz)
  • Combinations (Brandon Foltz)
  • Combinations—Losing Your Marbles (Brandon Foltz)
  • Combinations—Playing with a Full Deck (Brandon Foltz)

• Discrete Random Variables and Their Probability Distributions

  • Overview of Some Discrete Probability Distributions (jbstatistics)

  Random Variables

  • Random Variable Basics (Brandon Foltz)
  • Discrete Random Variable Basics (Brandon Foltz)

  Probability Distribution of a Discrete Random Variable

  • Introduction to Discrete Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions (jbstatistics)

  The Binomial Probability Distribution

  • An Introduction to the Binomial Distribution (jbstatistics)

• Continuous Random Variables and The Normal Distribution

  • An Introduction to Continuous Probability Distributions (jbstatistics)
  • An Introduction to the Continuous Uniform Distribution (jbstatistics)
  • An Introduction to the Normal Distribution (jbstatistics)