Continuous Probability Distributions

We consider distributions that have a continuous range of values. Discrete probability distributions where defined by a probability mass function. Analogously continuous probability distributions are defined by a probability density function.

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Discrete Probability Distributions

There are some probability distributions that occur frequently. This is because they either have a particularly natural or simple construction. Or they arise as the limit of some simpler distribution. Here we cover

  • Bernoulli random variables
  • Binomial distribution
  • Geometric distribution
  • Poisson distribution.

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Probability and Set Operations

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We want to calculate probabilities for different events. Events are sets of outcomes, and we recall that there are various ways of combining sets. The current section is a bit abstract but will become more useful for concrete calculations later.

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