Fundamentals of Probability in Data Science

This is the second summative question set for the Summary Statistics and Probability pathway in the Data Science in Biotechnology cluster. The question set is intended to test key concepts from items 6-12 in the pathway, including rules of probability, the cell cycle, pedigree analysis, disease testing result interpretation, probability distributions, and Simpson’s paradox.

Topics

  • probability
  • sum rule
  • product rule
  • conditional probability
  • Bayes’ rule
  • Bayes’ theorem
  • Simpson’s Paradox
  • cell cycle
  • pedigree
  • disease testing
  • probability distribution