Email Purchase Probability
1. **Problem Statement:**
You are given probabilities related to customer behavior in a marketing campaign:
- Probability a customer opens the email: $P(O) = 0.4$
- Probability a customer makes a purchase after opening the email: $P(P|O) = 0.3$
- Probability a customer does not open the email but still makes a purchase: $P(P|O^c) = 0.05$
We need to find:
A) $P(O \cap P)$
B) $P(P)$
C) $P(P^c)$
D) $P(O|P)$
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2. **Formulas and Rules:**
- Joint probability: $P(O \cap P) = P(O) \times P(P|O)$
- Total probability of purchase: $P(P) = P(O \cap P) + P(O^c \cap P)$
- Complement rule: $P(P^c) = 1 - P(P)$
- Conditional probability: $P(O|P) = \frac{P(O \cap P)}{P(P)}$
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3. **Calculations:**
**A) Probability customer opens email and makes purchase:**
$$
P(O \cap P) = P(O) \times P(P|O) = 0.4 \times 0.3 = 0.12
$$
**B) Probability customer makes a purchase (opens or not):**
$$
P(P) = P(O \cap P) + P(O^c \cap P) = 0.12 + (1 - 0.4) \times 0.05 = 0.12 + 0.6 \times 0.05 = 0.12 + 0.03 = 0.15
$$
**C) Probability customer does not make a purchase:**
$$
P(P^c) = 1 - P(P) = 1 - 0.15 = 0.85
$$
**D) Probability customer opened email given they made a purchase:**
$$
P(O|P) = \frac{P(O \cap P)}{P(P)} = \frac{0.12}{0.15} = 0.8
$$
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4. **Interpretation:**
- There is a 12% chance a customer opens the email and makes a purchase.
- Overall, 15% of customers make a purchase.
- 85% of customers do not make a purchase.
- Given a purchase was made, there is an 80% chance the customer opened the email.
This analysis helps understand customer engagement and effectiveness of the email campaign.