Statistics Probability
1. **Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Mode, Median**
- Mean is the average: $$\text{Mean} = \frac{\sum x_i}{n}$$ where $x_i$ are data points and $n$ is the number of points.
- Mode is the most frequent value.
- Median is the middle value when data is ordered.
2. **Measures of Dispersion**
- Dispersion shows data spread: range, variance, standard deviation.
- Range = max value - min value.
3. **Variance and Standard Deviation**
- Variance: $$\sigma^2 = \frac{\sum (x_i - \mu)^2}{n}$$ where $\mu$ is mean.
- Standard deviation: $$\sigma = \sqrt{\sigma^2}$$
4. **Definition of Probability**
- Probability of event $A$: $$P(A) = \frac{\text{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\text{Total outcomes}}$$
5. **Laws of Probability**
- Addition rule: $$P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cap B)$$
- Multiplication rule for independent events: $$P(A \cap B) = P(A) \times P(B)$$
6. **Expectation, Variance, and SD of Random Variables**
- Expectation (mean): $$E(X) = \sum x_i P(x_i)$$
- Variance: $$Var(X) = E[(X - E(X))^2] = \sum (x_i - E(X))^2 P(x_i)$$
- SD: $$\sqrt{Var(X)}$$
7. **Calculations with Discrete and Continuous Random Variables**
- Discrete: sum over values.
- Continuous: use integrals for expectation and variance.
8. **Types of Distributions**
8.1 Binomial Distribution:
- $$P(X = k) = \binom{n}{k} p^k (1-p)^{n-k}$$
- Mean: $$np$$, Variance: $$np(1-p)$$
8.2 Poisson Distribution:
- $$P(X = k) = \frac{\lambda^k e^{-\lambda}}{k!}$$
- Mean and Variance: $$\lambda$$
8.3 Normal Distribution:
- PDF: $$f(x) = \frac{1}{\sigma \sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-\frac{(x-\mu)^2}{2\sigma^2}}$$
- Mean: $$\mu$$, Variance: $$\sigma^2$$
9. **Mean, Variance, and SD of Probability Distributions**
- Use formulas from step 6 for any distribution.
10. **Application of Probability Distributions**
- Example: Binomial with $n=5$, $p=0.4$, find $P(X=2)$:
$$P(X=2) = \binom{5}{2} (0.4)^2 (0.6)^3 = 10 \times 0.16 \times 0.216 = 0.3456$$
- Use graphs to visualize distributions (not shown here).
This summary covers key concepts and formulas for statistics and probability calculations.