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1. 4.INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY & PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
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Emiru Merdassa
2. Definition
Probability: the chance that an uncertain
event will occur (always between 0 and 1)
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0 ≤ P(A) ≤ 1 For any event A
Certain
Impossible
0.5
1
0
Example:
• Physician may say that a patient has a 50-50 chance of
surviving a certain operation.
• 95% certain that a patient has a particular disease.
Most people express probabilities in terms of
percentages.
3. Probability terms
•Outcomes: results of each trial
•Sample space: set of all possible outcome
•Sample points: elements of the sample space of
outcome
•Event: subset of the sample space
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(continued)
4. Important terms
• Intersection of Events – If A and B are two events in a sample
space S, then the intersection, A ∩ B, is the set of all outcomes
in S that belong to both A and B
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(continued)
A B
AB
S
5. Important terms
• Two events A and B are mutually exclusive if they cannot both
happen at the same time
• P (A ∩ B) = 0
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(continued)
A B
S
6. Important terms
• Union of Events – If A and B are two events in a sample space S,
then the union, A U B, is the set of all outcomes in S that
belong to either A or B
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(continued)
A B
The entire shaded
area represents
A U B
S
7. Important terms
• Events E1, E2, … Ek are Collectively Exhaustive events if E1 U E2 U
. . . U Ek = S
• i.e., the events completely cover the sample space
• The Complement of an event A is the set of all basic outcomes
in the sample space that do not belong to A. The complement
is denoted as A
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(continued)
A
S
A
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Example
Let the Sample Space be the collection of all possible
outcomes of rolling one die:
S = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Let A be the event “Number rolled is even”
Let B be the event “Number rolled is at least 4”
Then
A = [2, 4, 6] and B = [4, 5, 6]
9. Example
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(continued)
S = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] A = [2, 4, 6] B = [4, 5, 6]
5]
3,
[1,
A
6]
[4,
B
A
6]
5,
4,
[2,
B
A
S
6]
5,
4,
3,
2,
[1,
A
A
Complements:
Intersections:
Unions:
[5]
B
A
3]
2,
[1,
B
10. Example
Mutually exclusive:
oA and B are not mutually exclusive
• The outcomes 4 and 6 are common to both
Collectively exhaustive:
oA and B are not collectively exhaustive
• A U B does not contain 1 or 3
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(continued)
S = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] A = [2, 4, 6] B = [4, 5, 6]
11. Independent Events
• Two events A and B are independent if the probability of
the first one happening is the same no matter how the
second one turns out or
• The outcome of one event has no effect on the occurrence
or non-occurrence of the other.
P(A∩B) = P(A) x P(B) (Independent events)
P(A∩B) ≠ P(A) x P(B) (Dependent events)
Example:
OThe outcomes on the first and second coin tosses are
independent
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12. Ctd…
Two categories of probability
1. Objective probability and
2. Subjective probability
1) Objective probability
a) Classical probability &
b) Relative frequency probability.
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13. A) Classical Probability
• Is based on gambling ideas
• Example : Rolling a die
• There are 6 possible outcomes:
• Sample space = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.
• Each is equally likely
• P(i) = 1/6, i=1,2,...,6.
→ P(1) = 1/6
→ P(2) = 1/6
…
→ P(6) = 1/6
SUM = 1
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14. B) Relative Frequency Probability
• In the long run process.
• The proportion of times the event A occurs —in a large number of
trials repeated under essentially identical conditions
Definition:
• If a process is repeated a large number of times (n), and if an event
with the characteristic E occurs m times, the relative frequency of E,
Probability of E = P(E) = m/n.
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15. Example
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•If you toss a coin 100 times and head comes up 40 times,
P(H) = 40/100 = 0.4.
•If we toss a coin 10,000 times and the head comes up
5562,
P(H) = 0.5562.
•Therefore, the longer the series and the longer sample
size, the closer the estimate to the true value.
16. Relative probability
•Since trials cannot be repeated an infinite number of
times, theoretical probabilities are often estimated by
empirical probabilities based on a finite amount of
data
Example:
Of 158 people who attended a dinner party, 99 were ill.
P (Illness) = 99/158 = 0.63 = 63%.
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(continued)
17. 2. Subjective Probability
• Personalistic (represents one’s degree of belief in the occurrence
of an event).
• E.g., If someone says that he is 95% certain that a cure for AIDS
will be discovered within 5 years, then he means that:
• P(discovery of cure for AIDS within 5 years) = 95% = 0.95
• Although the subjective view of probability has enjoyed
increased attention over the years, it has not fully accepted by
scientists.
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18. Properties of Probability
1. The numerical value of a probability always lies between 0 and 1,
inclusive(0 P(E) 1)
2. The sum of the probabilities of all mutually exclusive outcomes is
equal to 1.
P(E1) + P(E2 ) + .... + P(En ) = 1.
3. For two mutually exclusive events A and B,
P(A or B ) = P(AUB)= P(A) + P(B).
If not mutually exclusive:
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)
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19. Properties of Probability
4. The complement of an event A, denoted by Ā or Ac, is the
event that A does not occur
• Consists of all the outcomes in which event A does NOT
occur: P(Ā) = P(not A) = 1 – P(A)
• Where Ā occurs only when A does not occur.
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20. Basic Probability Rules
1. Addition rule
If events A and B are mutually exclusive:
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)
P(A and B) = 0
More generally:
P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B)
P(event A or event B occurs or they both occur)
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21. Example
The probabilities representing years of schooling
completed by mothers of newborn infants
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Mother’s education level Probability
≤ 8 years 0.056
9 to 11 years 0.159
12 years 0.321
13 to 15 years 0.218
≥16 years 0.230
Not reported 0.016
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• What is the probability that a mother has
completed < 12 years of schooling?
P( 8 years) = 0.056 and
P(9-11 years) = 0.159
• Since these two events are mutually exclusive,
P( 8 or 9-11) = P( 8 U 9-11)
= P( 8) + P(9-11)
= 0.056+0.159
= 0.215
23. Exercise
i. Suppose two doctors, A and B, test all patients coming into a clinic for syphilis.
Let events A+ = {doctor A makes a positive diagnosis} and B+ = {doctor B
makes a positive diagnosis}.
ii. Suppose doctor A diagnoses 10% of all patients as positive, doctor B diagnoses
17% of all patients as positive, and both doctors diagnose 8% of all patients as
positive.
Suppose a patient is referred for further lab tests if either doctor A or B makes a
positive diagnosis.
• What is the probability that a patient will be referred for further lab tests(P(Α+
∪
𝐵+
)?
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25. The Normal distribution
•Normal distributions are recognized by their bell shape.
•A large percentage of the curve’s area is located near its
center and that its tails approach the horizontal axis as
asymptotes.
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26. Normal distribution
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Normal distributions are defined by:
, - < x < .
where μ represents the mean of the distribution
and σ represents its standard deviation.
f(x) =
1
2
e
x-
2
1
2
27. There are many different Normal distributions, each
with its own μ and σ, let X ~ N(μ, σ) represent a specific
member of the Normal distribution family.
The symbol “~” is read as “distributed as.”
For example,
X ~ N(100, 15) is read as “X is a Normal random
variable with mean 100 and standard deviation 15.
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1. The mean µ tells you about location -
• Increase µ - Location shifts right
• Decrease µ – Location shifts left
• Shape is unchanged
2. The variance σ2 tells you about narrowness or flatness of the bell
-
• Increase σ2 - Bell flattens. Extreme values are more likely
• Decrease σ2 - Bell narrows. Extreme values are less likely
• Location is unchanged
31. Properties of the Normal Distribution
1. It is symmetrical about its mean, .
2. The mean, the median and mode are almost equal. It is
unimodal.
3. The total area under the curve about the x-axis is 1
square unit.
4. The curve never touches the x-axis.
5. As the value of increases, the curve becomes more
and more flat and vice versa.
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6. Perpendiculars of:
± 1SD contain about 68%;
±2 SD contain about 95%;
±3 SD contain about 99.7% of the area under the
curve.
7. The distribution is completely determined by the
parameters and .
34. Standard Normal Distribution
It is a normal distribution that has a mean equal to 0 and a
SD equal to 1, and is denoted by N(0, 1).
The main idea is to standardize all the data that is given by
using Z-scores.
These Z-scores can then be used to find the area
(probability) under the normal curve.
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35. Z - transformation
•If a random variable X~N(,) then we can transform
it to a SND with the help of Z-transformation
Z =
𝑿−
•Z represents the Z-score for a given x value
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36. Consider redefining the scale to be in terms of how many SDs
away from mean for normal distribution, μ=110 and σ = 15.
SDs from mean using
𝒙−𝟏𝟏𝟎
𝟏𝟓
=
𝒙−
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Value x
50 65 80 95 110 125 140 155 171
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
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•This process is known as standardization and gives the
position on a normal curve with μ=0 and σ=1, i.e., the
SND, Z.
•A Z-score is the number of standard deviations that a
given x value is above or below the mean.
38. Finding areas under the standard normal
distribution curve
The two steps are
Step 1 :
• Draw the normal distribution curve and shade the area.
Step 2:
Find the appropriate figure in the Procedure Table and follow the
directions given.
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40. Rules in computing probabilities
P[Z = a] = 0
P[Z ≤ a] obtained directly from the Z-table
P[Z ≥ a] = 1 – P[Z ≤ a]
P[Z ≥ -a] = P[Z ≤ +a]
P[Z ≤ -a] = P[Z ≥ +a]
P[a1 ≤ Z ≤ a2] = P[Z ≤ a2] – P[Z ≤ a1]
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41. Example 1
Find the area to the left of z = 2.06.
Solution
Step 1:
Draw the figure.
Step 2:
We are looking for the area under the standard normal
distribution to the left of z =2.06. look up the area in the table. It
is 0.9803. Hence, 98.03% of the area is less than z =2.06.
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42. Example 2
Find the area to the right of z = -1.19
Solution
Step 1: Draw the figure.
Step 2 : We are looking for the area to the right of z = -1.19. Look
up the area for z = -1.19. It is 0.1170. Subtract it from one. 1-
0.1170 = 0.8830. Hence, 88.30% of the area under the standard
normal distribution curve is to the right of z = -1.19.
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43. Continued
Example 3:
What is the probability that a z picked at random from the
population of z’s will have a value between -2.55 and +2.55 ?
Answer : P (-2.55 < z < +2.55)
= 0.9946 – 0.0054
= 0.9892
Example 4:
What proportion of z value are between -2.47 and 1.53?
Answer : P (-2.47 ≤ z ≤ 1.53)
= 0.9370 – 0.0068
= 0.9302
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44. Exercises
1. Find the area between z =1.68 and z =-1.37. Ans =
0.8682
2. Find the probability for each.
a) P(0 < z <2.32) = 0.4898
b) P(z < 1.65) = 0.9505
c) P(z >1.91)= 0.0281
3. Find two z values so that 48% of the middle area is bounded
by them?
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