Probability & Statistical Inference

2 credits · College of Connected Computing - Professional

This course introduces probability and inference, in which the fundamental mathematical concepts are illustrated with computer simulation. The course begins with the concepts of repeatable processes, operating characteristics, and long-run proportions. It also explores the idea of probability as an expression of belief. It then covers the properties of probabilities; random variables; discrete, continuous, and mixture probability models; sampling, summary quantities as random variables; estimating probability models from data; communicating model uncertainty via confidence intervals; and ends with basic inference. [2]