3. Basic probability concepts
3. Basic probability concepts
3. Basic probability concepts
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subjective probabilities should be used in further statistical analyses is a subject of some<br />
controversy. Statisticians of the frequentist (also called objectivist or classical) school of thought<br />
reject their use, while those of the bayesian school accept them. We will discuss this contrast in<br />
more detail below.<br />
Compound events<br />
Multiplication rule for simultaneous probabilities<br />
Addition rule<br />
Statistical independence<br />
Counting rules: permutations and combinations<br />
Conditional probabilities<br />
Odds ratios<br />
Likelihood and maximum likelihood<br />
Bayesian probabilities<br />
Bayes’ theorem<br />
Random variables<br />
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