CH 4-3 Complements, Conditional Probability and Bayes Theorem

Question 1

What is the complement of getting “at least one” particular event?

Answer 1

you get no occurrences of the event

Question 2

List the four steps in finding the probability of getting at least one of some event:

Answer 2

Question 3

A _______ ________ of an event is a probability obtained with the additional information that some other event has occured:

Answer 3

Conditional probability

Question 4

How would you notate the conditional probability of event B occurring, given that event A has already occurred?

Answer 4

Question 5

Answer 5

Question 6

Answer 6

Confusion of the Inverse

Question 7

What is the formula for Bayes’ Theorem?

Answer 7

Question 8

What describes an initial probability value originally obtained before any additional information is obtained?

Answer 8

prior probability

Question 9

what is a probability value that has been revised by using additional information that is later obtained?

Answer 9

posterior probability