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Based on: Probability Topics: Independent & Mutually Exclusive Events by Susan Dean, Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D.

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Name: Probability Topics: Independent & Mutually Exclusive Events (modified R. Bloom)
ID: m18868
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module explains the concept of independent events, where the probability of event A does not have any effect on the probability of event B, and mutually exclusive events, where events A and B cannot occur at the same time. It is based on the module Probability Topics: Independent and Mutually Exclusive Events from the textbook collection Collaborative Statistics by Dr. Barbara Illowsky and Susan Dean; an example has been added illustrating the determination that two events are not independent.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: chance, condition, exclusive, independent, mutually, outcome, Probability, Statistics
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Roberta Bloom (bloomroberta@deanza.edu)
Copyright Holders: Roberta Bloom (bloomroberta@deanza.edu)
Maintainers: Roberta Bloom (bloomroberta@deanza.edu)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: Dec 1, 2008 7:20 pm -0600
Last revision to module: Dec 12, 2008 12:09 pm -0600
Based On: Probability Topics: Independent & Mutually Exclusive Events
Originally By: Susan Dean (susanldean45@gmail.com), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu)

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Version: 1.1 Dec 12, 2008 12:09 pm -0600 by Roberta Bloom
Changes: 
A new example, illustrating the determination that two events are not independent,has been added to module Probability Topics: Independent and Mutually Exclusive Events by Dr. B. Illowsky and S. Dean.

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