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An Alternative Teaching Method of Conditional Probabilities and Bayes' Rule: An Application of the Truth Table
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Satake, Eiki; Vashlishan Murray, Amy – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2015
This paper presents a comparison of three approaches to the teaching of probability to demonstrate how the truth table of elementary mathematical logic can be used to teach the calculations of conditional probabilities. Students are typically introduced to the topic of conditional probabilities--especially the ones that involve Bayes' rule--with…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Probability, Bayesian Statistics, Mathematical Logic
On Interpreting and Extracting Information from the Cumulative Distribution Function Curve: A New Perspective with Applications
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Balasooriya, Uditha; Li, Jackie; Low, Chan Kee – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2012
For any density function (or probability function), there always corresponds a "cumulative distribution function" (cdf). It is a well-known mathematical fact that the cdf is more general than the density function, in the sense that for a given distribution the former may exist without the existence of the latter. Nevertheless, while the…
Descriptors: Computation, Probability, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum
A Bayesian Revision Index: An Aid for Interpretation and Verification of Solutions for Introductory Statistics Classes.
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Jarrell, Stephen – Mathematics and Computer Education, 1990
Explains a new way of viewing Bayes' formula. Discusses the revision factor and its interpretation. (YP)
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, College Mathematics, Computation, Decimal Fractions