Probability and Statistics

This lecture is a repetition of some key concepts that we will need in the rest of the course.

Lecture notes

10 minute video on frequencies, probabilities, averages and variance

Problems in the compendium: 4.1, 4.2, 4.4 a)

14 minute video on counting with combinatorics

  • ordered sequence with replacement
  • ordered sequence without replacement
  • unordered sequence without replacement
  • unordered sequence with replacement

Problems

  • How many possible outcomes are there for throwing 1 die 5 times?
  • How many possible outcomes are there for throwing 5 dice?
  • Shuffle a deck of 52 cards. In how many different ways can you order 52 distinct cards?
  • Shuffle a deck of 52 cards. In how many different ways can you order 13 distinct cards from the deck?
  • How many different hands of 5 cards can you have from a deck of 52 cards?

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Problems

  • If we flip the coin N times, what is the probability that all the flips are ones?
  • If we flip the coin N = 5 times, what is the probability of getting exactly 3 heads?
  • in the compendium: 4.9 a) - e), 4.5, 4.12, 4.18

11 minute video on binomial coefficients (how many ways you can choose k from a set of N elements = unordered sequence without replacement)

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