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A sample space is a collection of every single possible outcome in a trial, generally represented by . The sample space for 1 random dice throw is {1,2,3,4,5,6}. As you remember for the previous ...

In the previous lessons and labs, you learned about some fundamentals of probability theory, along with basic combinatorics such as permutations and combinations. You'll now extend your knowledge of ...

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1 Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada 2 Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada We investigated the effects of probability ...

In this paper, we derive sequential conditional probability ratio tests to compare diagnostic tests without distributional assumptions on test results. The test statistics in our method are ...

Bank exams typically feature questions on simple probability, conditional probability, combinations and permutations, events (independent and dependent), Bayes’ theorem, and sometimes more complex ...