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STAT 110

Introduction to Probability

Harvard FAS

A comprehensive introduction to probability. Basics: sample spaces and events, conditional probability, and Bayes' Theorem. Univariate distributions: density functions, expectation and variance, Normal, t, Binomial, Negative Binomial, Poisson, Beta, and Gamma distributions. Multivariate distributions: joint and conditional distributions, independence, transformations, and Multivariate Normal. Limit laws: law of large numbers, central limit theorem. Markov chains: transition probabilities,…

Public course resource, accessed 2026-11-05

Readings

Archived public iTunes U syllabus (2015)

Topics

  • Conditional probability and Bayes theorem
  • Univariate probability distributions
  • Joint and conditional distributions
  • Law of large numbers and central limit theorem
  • Markov chains
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