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Week 3 - Probability 2.1 & 2.2

Learning Objectives:

• Conditional probability
• Probabilistic reasoning
  • Useful tools: contingency table & probability trees
• Bayes rule
• Independence of events

Lessons:

• Probability 2.1 and Probability 2.2:
  • Slides_short
  • Tuesday: Slides_long
  • Thursday: Slides_long

Important Dates:

• Homework 2 due Wednesday, Sep 17, 11:59pm

Readings:

• Probability 2.1
  • WJ: Chapter 6
• Probability 2.2
  • Peter Donnelly: How stats fool juries