Introduction to Probability

4. Introduction to Probability#

“Probability” refers to mathematics for analyzing random phenomena. Chapter 4 of Foundations of Data Science with Python introduces the basics of probability, including:

  • defining terminology for random phenomena,

  • understanding relative frequency and its relation to probability,

  • defining what we mean by a “fair experiment” and how the probabilities of fair experiments can be analyzed,

  • defining Axiomatic Probability, which is the underlying approach used in modern Probability,

  • introducing Corollaries of the Axioms of Probability, as tools that facilitate calculating probabilities,

  • introducing Combinatorics, which is the mathematics of counting, and showing some examples of how Combinatorics is used in Probability,

Here is a list of interactive elements for Chapter 4: