Unit 4: Probability
Essential Questions:
- What are the basic rules of probability?
- What is a random variable?
- What is expected value?
- What are the geometric and binomial models?
- What is a sampling distribution?
Content:
- Addition and multiplication rules of probability
- Conditional probability
- Random variables
- Expected value
- Geometric and binomial models
- Sampling distributions
Skills and Processes:
- Solving probability problems involving the use of addition, multiplication, and conditional probability rules
- Using tables and tree diagrams to find probabilities
- Understanding what a random variable is
- Finding expected value of random variables
- Using the geometric and binomial models to calculate probabilities by hand and using the calculator
- Understanding the basic principles of sampling distributions