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Probability of an outcome is the

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Proportion of times that an outcome occurs in many, many repetitions(plays) of the random phenomenon.

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Random phenomenon

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A phenomenon where the outcome of one play is unpredictable, but the outcomes from many plays form a distribution

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In single random phenomenon the outcome is

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Uncertain

Will the next flight to NY leave on time?

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In many, many repetitions the proportion of specific outcomes is

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Predictable

What proportion of flights to NY leave on time?

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Randomness does NOT mean

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Haphazard (disorganization)

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SRS imposes …. chance of selection for each individual in the population

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Equal

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Sample space in probability is

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The list of all possible outcomes of a random phenomen

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Event in probability is a

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Single outcome or a subset of outcomes from the sample space

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Probability model is a

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Mathematical description of a random phenomenon consisting of a sample space and a way of assigning probabilities to events.

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Probability explains only what happens in the …. run

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Long

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If all probabilities are EQUALLY LIKELY, we need to count:
1.
2.
And that would be our probability

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Count of outcomes in event of interest /
Over
Count of outcomes in sample space

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Probability rule 1

Probability must be a number

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Between 0 and 1

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Probability rule 2:

The sum of probabilities from all

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Possible outcomes must equal 1

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Probability rule 3

If two events cannot occur simultaneously, …

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The probability either one or the other occurs equals the sum of their probabilities

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Probability rule 4:

The probability that an event does not occur equals

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1 minus the probability that the event does occur

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Disjoint Events

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Two events that have no outcomes in common and, thus cannot both occur simultaneously.

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“Playing the game” or simulation means

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Looking at the phenomena many many times

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Census

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An examination of entire population

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Census is time consuming, very expensive and often impractical. What is the alternative?

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  1. Select SRS from population and compute x-bar(mean)

2. Make inference -

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Parameter

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Values that represent whole population. In statistical practice, the value is not known because we cannot examine the entire population.
Mean (mu), sigma and Proportion P

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Parameter - mean

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Mu - mean number of cigarets smoked per day by ALL teenagers

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Parameter of population P

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Proportion of ALL teenagers who used tobacco in the last 30 days

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Statistic (think real world)

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Values that come from a SAMPLE, statistics estimate parameters.

X-bar -sample mean
P-hat - sample proportion

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Sample mean

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X-bar

Mean number of cigarettes smoked per day in a SAMPLE of teenagers

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Sample proportion

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P- hat proportion of a SAMPLE of teenagers who used tobacco in the last 30 days

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In inference we use …. to estimate ..,

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Statistics to estimate parameter

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Statistics
Mean -
Proportion -
Standard deviation -

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X- bar
P- hat
S

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Parameter
Mean
Proportion
Standard deviation

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What is statistical estimation?

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Using sample statistics to estimate population parameter value

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Parameter is the result summarized from the

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Entire population

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Statistic is any number result summarized from the

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If the response variable is quantitative we analyze …

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Mean x-bar

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If the response variable is categorical we analyze …

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Proportion p

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Law of Large Numbers

IF …..
Then …

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Draw observations at random from any population with finite mean mu. As the number of observations drawn increases, the mean x- bar of the observed values gets closer and closer to the mean mu of the population

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The larger the sample size, the …. the sample mean is to the population mean

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Sample statistic facts:

  1. Value of statistic…
  2. Value of statistic almost…
  3. Statistic approaches…
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  1. Varies from sample to sample
  2. Always differs from parameter values
  3. Parameter value as sample size increases (the law of large numbers)
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How do we investigate the behavior of statistic?

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By examining the sampling distribution of statistic

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Theoretical sampling distribution of x- bar is

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The distribution of ALL x- bar values from ALL POSSIBLE SAMPLES of the same size from the same population

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Theoretical sampling distribution of x- bar

  1. Take
  2. Compute
  3. Approximate
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  1. Take many, many SRSs
  2. Compute x- bar for each
  3. Approximate the theoretical sampling distribution of x- bar
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Approximate sampling distribution of x- bar is

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The distribution of x- bar values obtained from repeatedly taking SRSs. Of the same size from the same population.

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Approximate sampling distribution of x-bar can be modeled with …. curve

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How to determine how accurate is the sample mean as an estimator of mu?

  1. Take…
  2. Construct…
  3. Note …
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  1. Take many,many SRSs, compute x- bar for each sample
  2. Construct histogram of x-bars to display the approximate sampling distribution of x- bar
  3. Note center, spread and shape
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Mean of all sampling distributions of x- bar =

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Mean of population

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As n increases, spread of sampling distribution of x- bar

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As n increases, shape of sampling distribution of x- bar becomes

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More normal

45
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In sampling distributions

Center … to population center regardless of sample size

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Equal or X- bar=mu

46
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In sampling distributions as spread decreases n …

47
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In sampling distributions the shape becomes ….. ……. as n increases

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More normal

48
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How well does x-bar estimate mu?

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Quite well for large SRSs

49
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Does x- bar vary about mu?

50
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Probability is measured on 0 to 1 scale , where 0 is …. And 1 is….

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0 impossible , never occur
0.01 unlikely but occur once in a while in a long run
0.45 slightly less often than not
0.50 half of the time
0.55 slightly greater than one- half
0.99 greater than one half but less 1
1 - certain, will occurs every time
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Population distribution

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The distribution of values of a variable among all individuals in the population

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Sampling distribution

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The distribution of values taken by a statistic in all possible samples of the same size from the same population

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