Basic Probability Concepts

M. Ataharul Islam () and Abdullah Al-Shiha ()
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M. Ataharul Islam: University of Dhaka, ISRT
Abdullah Al-Shiha: College of Science, King Saud University, Department of Statistics and Operations Research

Chapter Chapter 3 in Foundations of Biostatistics, 2018, pp 73-102 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The basic probability concepts are introduced in this chapter. The definitions of probability along with experimentExperiment, sample spaceSample space, event, equally likely, and mutually exclusiveMutually exclusive outcomes are highlighted. The important operations on events are discussed with examples. The concepts of marginalProbabilitymarginal and conditional probabilitiesProbabilityconditional are discussed in a self-explanatory manner with several examples. The multiplication rulesMultiplication rule of probability and the concept of independent eventsEventsindependent are introduced in this chapter. The applications of conditional probabilityConditional probability and Bayes’ theoremBayes’ theorem in analyzing epidemiological dataData are shown. The measures of sensitivity and specificitySpecificity of tests are illustrated with examples.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-8627-4_3

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