Probability & Statistics

Success Criteria

At the end of this chapter, students are able to:

1. Find the total number of permutations of a subset of objects.

2. Find the total number of combinations of a subset of objects.

3. Calculate conditional probabilities, P(A | B).

4. Calculate the probability of an event modelled by the binomial distribution, B(n, p).

5. Calculate the mean and variance of a binomial distribution.

6. Calculate the probability of an event modelled by the normal distribution, N(μ, σ²).

7. Perform a univariate linear regression.

8. Interpolate and extrapolate a linear regression.

9. Apply a linear law transformation to perform a univariate non-linear regression.