#probability

• 10 Jun 2024 · Study

  Probability and Statistics · Continuous distributions

  Uniform, normal and exponential distributions, z-scores, the 68–95–99.7 rule, and computing areas with cdf and ppf.

• 3 Jun 2024 · Study

  Probability and Statistics · Discrete distributions

  Bernoulli, binomial, geometric and Poisson distributions: what each one counts, their means, and computing them with scipy.stats.

• 27 May 2024 · Study

  Probability and Statistics · Random variables

  Random variables as numbers attached to outcomes, PMF vs PDF vs CDF, expectation and variance, and linearity of expectation.

• 21 May 2024 · Study

  Probability and Statistics · Bayes' theorem

  Bayes' theorem as updating a prior with evidence, the base-rate trap in medical tests, and sequential updating.

• 14 May 2024 · Study

  Probability and Statistics · Conditional probability

  P(A | B) as shrinking the sample space to B, the multiplication rule, the law of total probability, and the Monty Hall problem by simulation.

• 7 May 2024 · Study

  Probability and Statistics · Probability rules

  Sample spaces and events, the complement, addition and multiplication rules, independence, and checking them by simulation.