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An Unusual Episode - Activity Using Two-Way Tables and Conditional Distributions

This page outlines an activity in which students must create and interpret two-way tables and must create conditional distributions.

Joint, Marginal, Conditional Distributions

E1.5. Joint, marginal conditional distributions, and Baye's Rule (Econometrics Math) - Video Overview of Joint, Marginal, Conditional

This video clearly explains all distributions associated with two-way tables including joint, marginal, and conditional distributions.

Joint, Marginal, Conditional Distributions

Excel 2010 Statistics #40: Joint Probability Table and More! - Creating and Using Two-Way Table with Distributions

This video details how to create a two-way table in Excel that can calculate joint probabilities.

Joint, Marginal, Conditional Distributions

Marginal Distribution - Basic to Difficult Definitions including Calculus Approach and Real-World Examples

This wiki page clearly outlines all formulas used in calculating marginal distributions. Note that this would be used in a more abstract approach to marginal distributions.

Joint, Marginal, Conditional Distributions

Joint Probability Distribution - Wiki Entry Using Set Notation and Integrals for Continuous Case, Basic to Complex

This wiki page outlines formulas using in calculating joint probabilities and provides a dice-rolling example. The formulas range from simple to complex.

Joint, Marginal, Conditional Distributions

Conditional Probability Distribution - Wiki Entry, Basic to Complex Descriptions

This wiki page provides basic conditional probability formulas and discusses the implications of independence and dependence.

Joint, Marginal, Conditional Distributions

Poker - Comprehensive introduction

Starting point for people who need an explanation of the game and various hand categories. Example images of the categories of hands are given. Probabilities of the hands are calculated.

Combinatorics, Games of Chance

Megamillions - Introduction and odds

The home site for the megamillions lottery which includes ads.

Games of Chance

Gambler's Ruin - Expository Introduction

Concise statement of problem with clearly written proof of solution. Several nice examples with solutions are given. Applications to risk insurance and simple random walks included.

Discrete Distributions, Bernoulli and Binomial, Famous Problems, Gambler's Ruin, Stochastic Processes, Discrete Markov Chains

Gambler's Ruin - Expository Introduction with diagrams

The Gambler's Ruin problem explained as a conditional probability.

Discrete Distributions, Bernoulli and Binomial, Probability, Famous Problems, Gambler's Ruin, Stochastic Processes, Discrete Markov Chains