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Name: Probability Topics: Contingency Tables
ID: m16835
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces the contingency table as a way of determining conditional probabilities.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: contingency, elementary, probability, statistics, table
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Susan Dean (susanldean45@gmail.com), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu)
Copyright Holders: Maxfield Foundation (cnx@cnx.org)
Maintainers: Susan Dean (susanldean45@gmail.com), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu), Connexions (cnx@cnx.org)
Latest version: 1.12 (history)
First publication date: May 27, 2008 3:12 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Jun 4, 2012 9:42 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.12 Jun 4, 2012 9:42 pm -0500 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Contingency Tables: Minor edit.
Version: 1.11 Feb 12, 2011 11:09 am -0600 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Contingency Tables: Corrected answer to Problem 2b.
Version: 1.10 Apr 7, 2009 12:57 pm -0500 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Contingency Tables:  In the contingency table for the Muddy Mouse problem, corrected the entry 31/60 to be 41/60, the total od the "not caught" row.
Version: 1.9 Mar 13, 2009 7:58 pm -0500 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Contingency Tables:  For Example 2 Problem 2b, F(C) was changed to 34/100.
Version: 1.8 Feb 19, 2009 5:28 pm -0600 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Contingency Tables:  Updated glossary item "Contingency Tables."
Version: 1.7 Feb 5, 2009 10:39 am -0600 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Probability Topics: Contingency Tables: Corrected 1/4 to 1/5 so the bulleted item that has P(Door One AND Caught) reads 1/15 = (1/5)(1/3) = P(Door One AND Caught).
Version: 1.6 Oct 27, 2008 7:19 pm -0500 by James Cooper
Changes: 
roles updated
Version: 1.5 Jul 31, 2008 10:15 am -0500 by Connexions
Changes: 
removed draft note
Version: 1.4 Jul 8, 2008 6:17 pm -0500 by Connexions
Changes: 
post review edits
Version: 1.3 Jul 7, 2008 12:29 pm -0500 by Connexions
Changes: 
post review updates
Version: 1.2 Jun 27, 2008 11:06 am -0500 by Connexions
Changes: 
Roles changed
Version: 1.1 Jun 23, 2008 1:25 am -0500 by Jonathan Emmons
Changes: 
Initial publication

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