Conditional Probability and Independence


Videos, lessons, examples, and solutions to help High School students learn to recognize and explain the concepts of conditional probability and independence.

Related Topics:
Common Core Statistics
Common Core Mathematics




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These lessons cover the concepts of conditional probability and independence in everyday language and everyday situations.

For example, compare the chance of having lung cancer if you are a smoker with the chance of being a smoker if you have lung cancer.

  • Interpret conditional probabilities and independence in context.
  • Practice representing conditional probabilities using tree diagrams.

Common Core: HSS-CP.A.5

Conditional Probability (Bayes' Theorem)
Conditional probability (Bayes Theorem) introduced by growing trimmed trees. Understand why evidence alters our confidence of prior events.

Conditional Probability & Tree Diagrams




Conditional Probability with a Tree Diagram
This is an example of a typical tree diagram problem involving conditional probability. It also reviews the idea of a false positive and a false negative.

Tree Diagram and Conditional Probability Example
In this video, we look at how to use tree diagrams to solve conditional probability questions. We use a few examples to solve some worded conditional probability problems that will require us to draw tree diagrams.

Combining Conditional Probability and Tree Diagrams



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