Mathematical Foundations: Probability Density

[Updated 2025-02-07e]

Refresh your knowledge about probability distributions, by completing the following prior to class:

• Read the sections Probability Basics and Random Variables, in Chapter 4 of (Fox, 2021)
• Read and sections 5.2.1–5.2.4 (Some Continuous Distributions) in Chapter 5 of (Fox, 2021).
• You might also find the Kahn Academy: Random Variables and Probability Distributions tutorial helpful.

Here are some ideas you will need to be familiar with from those readings/tutorials:

• Probability experiment
• Outcome
• Sample space
• Axioms/Rules of probability

References

Fox, J. (2021). A mathematical primer for social statistics (2nd ed.). Sage.