PProbability for StatisticsMAST20006 revision · Beta
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Practise probability

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Beta · Modules 1–5 · R practice aligned to Labs 2–9

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Modules 1–5. Choose a published topic and start at your level.

M1.1
12 questions

Introduction to Probability

Modelling uncertainty

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M1.2
24 questions

Sample Space and Events

Outcome design and event logic

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M1.3
28 questions

Probability Models

Axioms, counting, and models

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M1.4
12 questions

Conditional Probability

Updating with information

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M1.5
12 questions

Independent Events

Dependence and reliability

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M1.6
8 questions

Total Probability and Bayes

Prediction and reverse conditioning

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M2.1
11 questions

Discrete Random Variables

Numerical models of outcomes

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M2.2
3 questions

Mathematical Expectation

Probability-weighted averages

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M2.3
4 questions

Moments and Variability

Location and spread

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M2.4
8 questions

Bernoulli and Binomial Models

Repeated binary trials

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M2.5
8 questions

MGFs and Waiting-Time Distributions

Moments and waiting times

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M2.6
6 questions

Poisson Models

Event counts and rare-event approximation

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M3.1
12 questions

Densities, distribution functions and empirical distributions

Move from histogram area to probability, distinguish density from mass, and interpret distribution functions.

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M3.2
12 questions

Continuous moments, generating functions and quantiles

Compute weighted integrals and quantiles while checking existence and the domain of an mgf.

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M3.3
9 questions

Uniform and exponential models

Use interval lengths, waiting-time rates and the memoryless property with consistent units.

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M3.4
12 questions

Gamma and chi-square distributions

Connect the gamma function, shape and scale, Poisson arrival times and chi-square models.

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M3.5
21 questions

Distributions under transformation

Map support, invert monotone transformations, include every branch and distinguish continuous from discrete rules.

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M4.1
15 questions

Joint laws, marginals and trinomial counts

Read and integrate joint laws, check independence on the full support and compute functions of pairs.

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M4.2
24 questions

Covariance, correlation and conditioning

Separate linear association from independence and use conditional laws, total mean and total variance.

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M4.3
12 questions

Transformations of pairs

Use inverse Jacobians and transformed supports; identify gamma-beta and F constructions.

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M4.4
18 questions

Independent samples, sums and probability bounds

Study statistics before observation, product mgfs, sums, Chebyshev bounds and convergence in probability.

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M5.1
12 questions

Normal Distribution Foundations

Read normal parameters, standardise probabilities, invert symmetric intervals, and identify the normal MGF.

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M5.2
30 questions

Functions of Normal Samples

Distinguish exact normal, chi-square, and Student t results and the independence assumptions behind them.

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M5.3
9 questions

Central Limit Theorem

Apply the CLT to means and sums, judge approximation assumptions, and understand the taught MGF argument.

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M5.4
12 questions

Normal Approximations to Counts

Approximate binomial, Poisson and trial-count negative-binomial probabilities with the correct scale and continuity correction.

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M5.5
9 questions

Limiting MGFs

Identify limiting laws, distinguish rare-event and fixed-probability limits, and interpret a degenerate limit.

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M5.6
12 questions

Bivariate Normal Distribution

Separate joint normality from normal marginals and calculate conditional normal parameters and independence.

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