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At the end of this topic you will be able to: Define probability Describe the classical, empirical and subjective

approaches to probability Understand the terms experiment, event, outcome Define the terms conditional probability and joint

probability

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Calculate probabilities using the rules of addition and the rules of multiplication

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Descriptive statistics is concerned with summarizing data collected from past events.

We turn to the second facet of statistics, namely, computing the chance that something will occur in the future.

This facet of statistics is called statistical inference or inferential statistics

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• Statistical inference deals with conclusions about a population based on a sample taken from that population.

• Because there is uncertainty in decision making, it is important that all the known risks involved be scientifically evaluated.

• Helpful in this evaluation is probability theory, which has often been referred to as the science of uncertainty.

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The use of probability theory allows the decision maker with only limited information to analyze the risks and minimize the gamble inherent, for example, in marketing a new product or accepting an incoming shipment possibly containing defective parts.

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• It is a number that describes the chance that something will happen. This number lies between zero and one.

• The closer a probability is to 0, the more improbable it is the event will happen.

• The closer the probability is to 1, the more sure we are it will happen. Three key words are used in the study of probability: experiment, outcome and event

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Experiment: is a process that leads to the occurrence of one and only one of several possible observations.

An experiment has two or more possible results and it is uncertain which will occur for example rolling a die.

Outcome: this is a particular result of an experiment.

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For example, the tossing of a coin is an experiment. You may observe the toss of a coin but you are unsure whether it will come up ‘heads’ or ‘tails’.

When one or more of the experiment’s outcomes are observed, we call this an event. For example all possible outcomes from a toss of a die are [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

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Event: this is a collection of one or more of an experiment for example some possible events from a roll of die are; observe an even number, observe a number greater than 3 or observe a number 4 or less.

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Example Consider the following experiment. Toss a coin and

observe whether the upside of the coin is Head or Tail. Two events may be occurred: H: Head is observed, T: Tail is observed. The probability of an event A, denoted by P(A), in

general, is the chance A will happen.

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Two approaches to assigning probabilities are the objective and subjective view points.

Objective probability is subdivided into 1. Classical probability 2. Empirical probability

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Classical probability This is based on the assumption that the outcomes of an

experiment are equally likely. Using the classical view point, the probability of an

event happening is computed by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the number of possible outcomes:

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The probability P(A) of an event A is equal to the number of possible simple events (outcomes) favorable to A divided by the total number of possible simple events of the experiment, i.e.,

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where m= number of the simple events into which the event A can be decomposed.

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Example: Consider an experiment of rolling a six-sided die. What

is the probability of the event “an even number of spots face up

Solution: The possible outcomes are [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

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The favorable outcomes [2, 4, 6] Therefore the probability of an even number = 3/6= 0.5 Example Consider again the experiment of tossing a balanced

coin (see Example 4.1). In this experiment the sample space consists of two

simple events: H (Head is observed ) and T(Tail is observed ). These events are equally likely.

Therefore, P(H)=P(T)=1/2.

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Mutually exclusive events Under these events, the occurrence of one event means

that none of the other events can occur at the same time.

The variable “gender” presents mutually exclusive outcome, male or female.

For instance, an employee selected at random is either male or female but can not be both.

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If an experiment has a set of events that includes every possible outcome, such as the events “an even number” and “an odd number” in the die-tossing experiment, then the set of events is collectively exhaustive.

For the die tossing experiment, every outcome will be either even or odd.

Thus, in collective exhaustive events, at least one of the events must occur when an experiment is conducted.

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Empirical probability: Another way to define probability is based on relative

frequencies. The probability of an event happening is determined by observing what fraction of the time similar events happened in the past.

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In terms of a formula: Probability of event happening= Number of times

event occurred in the past/ Total number of observations.

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Subjective probability If there is little or no past experience or information on

which to base a probability, it may be arrived at subjectively.

Essentially, this means an individual evaluates the available opinions and other information and then estimates or assigns the probability.

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This probability is aptly called a subjective probability. Thus, subjective concept of probability means that a particular event happening which is assigned by an individual based on information available e.g. estimating the likelihood that you will earn an A in this module

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For every event A of the field S, If the event A is decomposed into the mutually

exclusive events B and C belonging to S then P(A)=P(B)+P(C)

This property is called the theorem on the addition of probabilities.

The probability of the event complementary to the event A is given by the formula = 1− P(A) .

The probability of the impossible event is zero, P(0)=0.

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0AP

A

AP

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The probability of any event A lies between 0 and 1:

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10 AP

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Rules of addition Special rule of addition To apply the special rule of addition, the events

mutually exclusive. If two events A and B are mutually exclusive, the

special rule of addition states that the probability of one or the other event’s occurring equals the sum of their probabilities

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i.e. P(A or B)= P(A) + P(B) For three mutually exclusive events designated A, B

and C, the rule is written as P(A or B or C)= P(A) + P(B) + P(C)

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Given the following information in the table below:

Weight Event Number of

packages

Probability of

occurrence

Underweight

A 100 0.025

Satisfactory

B 3600 0.900

Overweight C 300 0.075

Total 4000 1.000

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What is the probability that a particular package will be either underweight or overweight?

Solution P(A) + P(C)= 0.025 + 0.075 = 0.10

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A Venn diagram is a useful tool to depict addition or multiplication rules.

Assuming you have 3 mutually exclusive events A, B and C, they can be illustrated diagrammatically by use of Venn diagrams as shown below:

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Event A

EventB

EventC

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This is used to determine the probability of an event occurring by subtracting the probability of the event not occurring from 1. i.e.

APAP 1

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A Venn diagram illustrating the complement rule is shown as

Event A A

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Use the complementary rule to show the probability of a satisfactory bag is 0.900.

Show the solution using a Venn diagram Solution The probability that the bag is unsatisfactory equals: P(A) + P(C)= 0.025 + 0.075 =0.100

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But the bag is satisfactory if it is not under or overweight i.e.

P(B)= 1- [P(A) + P(C)] = 1- 0.100 = 0.900

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900.0CorA

A0.025

C0.075

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A sample of employees of Worldwide Enterprise is to be surveyed about a new pension plan. The employees are classified as follows;

Classification Event Number of employee

Supervisors A 120

Maintenance B 50

Production C 1460

Management D 302

Secretarial E 68

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a) What is the probability that the first person selected is:

i) either in maintenance or a secretary? ii) not in management? b) Draw a Venn diagram illustrating your answers to

part a) c) Are the events in part a) i) complementary or

mutually exclusive or both?

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The outcomes of an experiment may not be mutually exclusive.

When two or more events both occur concurrently, the probability is called joint probability

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The following Venn diagram shows three events are not mutually exclusive

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This rule for two events designated A and B is written P(A or B)= P(A) + P(B)- P(A and B)…………….1 Equation 1 is what we call the general rule for addition.

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Thus, if we compare the general and specific rules of addition, the important difference is determining if the events are mutually exclusive.

If the events are mutually exclusive, then the joint probability P(A and B)= 0 and we could use the special rule of addition.

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1) The events A and B are mutually exclusive. Suppose P(A)=0.3 and P(B)=0.2. What is the probability of either A or B occurring?

What is the probability that neither A nor B will happen?

2) The probabilities of the events A and B are 0.2 and 0.3 respectively. The probability that both A and B occur is 0.15. What is the probability of either A or B occurring?

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Special rule of multiplication This requires that two events A and B are independent. Two events are independent if the occurrence of one

event does not affect the probability of the occurrence of the other event.

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For two independent events A and B, the probability that A and B will both occur is found by multiplying the two probabilities i.e.

P(A and B)= P(A).P(B) For 3 independent events A, B and C will be P(A and B and C)= P(A).P(B).P(C)

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A survey by the American Automobile Association (AAA) revealed 60% of its members made airline reservations last year. Two members are selected at random. What is the probability both made airline reservations last year?

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%60)(

%60)(

2

1

RP

RP

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Where First and second members made reservation. Since the number of AAA members is very large, you

may assume that the above members are independent. Therefore;

21andRR

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36.060.060.0.)( 2121 RPRPandRRP

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This is the probability of a particular event occurring, given that another event has occurred.

It can be written as Conditional probability of A given B

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BP

AandBPB

AP

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Conditional probability of B given A

AP

AandBPA

BP

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Symbolically, the joint probability P(A and B) is found by

A

BPAPAandBP

BAPBPAandBP

.

.

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Suppose P(A)= 0.40 and P(B/A)=0.30. What is the joint probability of A and B

P(A and B)= P(A). P(B/A) = = 0.12

30.040.0

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If the number of possible outcomes in an experiment is small, it is relatively easy to count them.

There are six possible outcomes, for example, resulting from the roll of a die.

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If there are m ways of doing one thing and n ways of doing another thing, there are ways of doing both

In terms of a formula Total number of arrangements = (m)(n). The multiplication formula is applied to find the

number of possible arrangements for 2 or more groups

nm

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Is any arrangement of r objects selected from a single group of n possible objects.

Note that the arrangements a b c and b a c are different permutations.

The formula to count the total number of different permutations is

!!

rn

nPrn

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Where n= the total number of objects r= the number of objects selected n! means n(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)…………….1 For instance 6! 6(5)(4)(3)(2)(1)=720

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3 electronic parts are to be assembled into a plug-in unit for a TV set. The parts can be assembled in any order. In how many different ways can the 3 parts be assembled?

61

123

!0

!3

!33

!3

rn P

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The Betts Machine shop inc, has eight screw machines but only three spaces available in the production area for the machines. In how many different ways can the eight machines be arranged in the three spaces available?

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If the order of the selected objects is not important, any selection is called a combination. The formula to count the number of r object combinations from a set of n objects is;

!!

!

rnr

nCrn

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Solve the following

10)123)(12(

12345

!25!2

!525

C

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Solve the following

46

27

39

47

C

C

P

P

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