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Name: Foundations of Probability Theory: Basic Definitions
ID: m11245
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module covers the basic ideas of Probability Theory. It reviews the laws of boolean algebra, describes how to compute a priori and conditional probabilities, and uses these properties to obtain Bayes' Rule.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
Keywords: a priori probabilities, axioms of probability, Bayes' Rule, conditional probability, event, mutually exclusive, probability measure, sample space, statistically independent
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License
Authors: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Jeffrey Silverman (JSilverman@astro.berkeley.edu), Kevin Duh (kevinduh@rice.edu), Elizabeth Gregory (elizabeth.gregory@gmail.com), Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu), Eileen Krause (erkrause@rice.edu), Mariyah Poonawala (mariyah@rice.edu), Matthew Jeanes (mjeanes@rice.edu), Kyle Clarkson (kclarks@gmail.com)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: May 12, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5
Revised: Aug 1, 2003 3:27 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.2 Aug 1, 2003 3:27 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
changed a ci in msub to mi and an mo to ci
Version: 1.1 Jun 10, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes: 
adding Jeff as a maintainer

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