Typically written in the form P(A|B), it is the probability that A obtains given that B obtains.
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We often feel anecdotes from people we know more persuasive than scientific evidence. This is because we don’t understand statistics well.
3 key concepts we must always remember:
In data science, probability is the percent chance that something will happen. A zero(0) in this case means the event will not occur, while the digit 1 denotes that we are certain it will happen.
The common probability distributions are:
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