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EC4024      | Probability & Statistics in Finance |

Lecture 4
Today
Risk & Uncertainty
Define Probability/Statistics
Why is it used in Finance?
Examples
Mini Presentations
Risk & Uncertainty
Probability
It is a measure of how plausible an event is
We measure probability using a real number
between 0 and 1
(Percentage is clear?)
A probability of 0 means an event is
impossible
Probability of 1 means an event is certain
The probabilities of all the events in our
sample space add up to 1
Experiments
Histograms
   80



   60



   40



   20




        200   400   600   800
Law of Large Numbers


     Handout
Distributions
Bored?
Example: Hold’Em
Next Time

Read Cowles, 1933, in coursepack
         Read Notes
        Do Exercises

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