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10 changes: 5 additions & 5 deletions 01_probability/source/1_probability.tex
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that need to be tested and statistics is needed to interpret the
results of user testing.

Imaging a gambler wants to decide if a coin is fair; imagine they toss
Imagine a gambler wants to decide if a coin is fair; imagine they toss
it five times and get a head each time. Can they decide that the coin is
fair. It is clear that they can't say that it is
impossible that a fair coin would turn up heads five times; it is just
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\end{equation}
the coin would produce such an unlikely result. Does this means the
gambler can only be $94\%$ certain the coin is unfair? The idea of
this unit it to learn how to calculate probabilities, the probability
this unit is to learn how to calculate probabilities, the probability
of five heads is an easy example of this, and how to make inferences,
such as deciding the chance the coin is unfair.

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It is very easy to confuse yourself with probability; here is a
confusing problem. An evil genius has decided to tattoo their names on
some peoples foreheads and in the usual over-elaborate evil genius
confusing problem. An evil genius has decided to tattoo their name on
some people's foreheads and in the usual over-elaborate evil genius
manner they do it according to a diabolic game. A person is selected
and forced into the tattoo parlour, the evil genius rolls two
dice\footnote{Traditionally die is the singular of
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\section*{Probability}

To start with we need to terminology and notation and this begins with
To start with we need terminology and notation and this begins with
a \textbf{sample space} $X$, this is the set of points; the idea is
that these points are the possible outcomes of an experiment, or, it
is said, the outcome of a \textbf{trial}. Initially it is useful to
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\begin{eqnarray}
X&=&\{(4,1,1),(3,2,1),(3,1,2),(2,3,1),(2,1,3),\cr &&(2,2,2),(1,4,1),(1,1,4),(1,3,2),(1,2,3)\}
\end{eqnarray}
The event that the daughter gets at least three coints is
The event that the daughter gets at least three coins is
\begin{equation}
E=\{(4,1,1),(3,2,1),(3,1,2)\}
\end{equation}
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