PSYB07H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Mutual Exclusivity, Seat Belt, Continuous Or Discrete Variable
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The material covered in this chapter has been selected for two reasons. First, it is directly applicable to an understanding of the material presented in the remain- der of the book. Second, it is intended to allow you to make simple calculations of probabilities that are likely to be useful to you. Material that does not satisfy either of these qualifications has been deliberately omitted. The concept of probability can be viewed in several different ways. There is not even general agreement as to what we mean by the word probability. The oldest and perhaps most common defini- tion of a probability is called the analytic view. Analytical view of probability: defini- tion of probability in terms of analysis of possible outcomes. One of the examples that is often drawn into discussions of probability is that of one of my favorite candies, m&m"s.