Probability and Games of Chance: With Applications to Criminal Justice, and More
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 164
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This resource covers the foundations and applications of probability, progressing from basic concepts to real-world examples. Students begin with elementary probability, odds, addition and multiplication rules, conditional probability, and counting techniques, then apply these principles to solve probability problems and calculate expected value. The course concludes with applications in genetics, binomial testing, and games of chance, including keno, lotteries, and poker, illustrating how probability is used to analyze uncertainty and decision-making.
Chapter 1: Elementary Probability
Chapter 2: Odds
Chapter 3: The Addition Rule
Chapter 4: Conditional Probability and the Multiplication Rule
Chapter 5: Counting Techniques
Chapter 6: Probability Problems using Counting Techniques
Chapter 7: Expected Value
Chapter 8: Genetics
Chapter 9: Binomial Testing
Chapter 10: Game of Keno
Chapter 11: The Lottery
Chapter 12: Poker
Christian G. J. Roettger is an assistant teaching professor of mathematics at Iowa State University. He earned a Diplom from the University of Augsburg in 1996 and a Ph.D. from the University of East Anglia in 2000. His academic interests include asymptotic counting problems, discrete dynamical systems, uniform distribution and exponential sums, Diophantine approximation, representations of finite groups, and finite fields and Galois rings.