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<section class="introduction" id="notes-01-15-2"><div class="para" id="notes-01-15-2-1">This is an outline of the topics we covered in class. These notes are <em class="emphasis">not</em> a substitute for your own note-taking. I highly recommend that you take your own notes during class. If you ever miss a class for any reason, reach out to another student in class to get a copy of their notes.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#notes-01-15-2-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="subsec-Conditional-Probability-2">Question: How does evidence (e.g., knowledge of one event occurring) change our knowledge of probabilities for other events?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#subsec-Conditional-Probability-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para" id="subsec-Conditional-Probability-3-1-1">Roll a fair D6 two times. Let <span class="process-math">\(A = \{\text{sum } \geq 10\}\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(B = \{\text{first roll is } 6\}\text{.}\)</span> <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> feels more likely if we already know <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> has occurred.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#subsec-Conditional-Probability-3-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">23</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para logical" id="def-conditional-probability-1-1">
<div class="para">The <dfn class="terminology">conditional probability</dfn> of <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> given <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> is: ,</div>
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\begin{gather*}
\Pr(A \mid B) = \frac{\Pr(A\cap B)}{\Pr(B)}
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<figcaption><span class="type">Figure</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">24<span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span></span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A \mid B)\)</span> tells the proportion of <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> which is overlapped by <span class="process-math">\(A\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Figure 24"><a href="#fig-conditional-probability" title="Copy heading and permalink for Figure 24" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Figure 24">🔗</a></div></figcaption></figure><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Definition 23"><a href="#def-conditional-probability" title="Copy heading and permalink for Definition 23" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Definition 23">🔗</a></div></article><article class="example example-like" id="example-rolls-conditional"><h4 class="heading">
<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">25</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para">Continuing from the previous example, <span class="process-math">\(|\Omega| = 36\text{.}\)</span>
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\begin{align*}
A \amp = \{(4, 6), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\} \\
B \amp = \{(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\} \\
A \cap B \amp = \{(6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)\}
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">So <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A) = \frac{6}{36}, \Pr(B) = \frac{6}{36}, \text{and } \Pr(A\cap B) = \frac{3}{36}\text{.}\)</span> Then:</div>
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\begin{gather*}
\Pr(A \mid B) = \frac{\Pr(A\cap B)}{\Pr(B)} = \frac{3/36}{6/36} = \frac{3}{6} = \frac{1}{2}.
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">Notice that <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A\mid B)\)</span> is significantly larger than <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A)\text{.}\)</span>
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<div class="para" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-2">Setup: A patient takes a diagnostic test. Let <span class="process-math">\(P\)</span> be the event that they test positive. Let <span class="process-math">\(D\)</span> be the event that they have the disease.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">26</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="def-sensitivity-specificity-1-1">The <dfn class="terminology">sensitivity</dfn> of a diagnostic test is <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(P \mid D)\text{.}\)</span> The <dfn class="terminology">specificity</dfn> of a diagnostic test is <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(P^c \mid D^c)\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-sensitivity-specificity-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">27</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-5-1-1">A disease has a prevalence of 1%. A test has sensitivity of 90% and specificity of 91%. For a patient who gets a positive test result, what is the probability that they have the disease?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-5-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="displaymath process-math" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-5-1-2-1">
\begin{align*}
\text{A) } 9/10 \amp \amp \text{B) } 8/10 \amp \amp \text{C) } 1/10 \amp \amp \text{D) } 1/100
\end{align*}
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<span class="type">Theorem</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">28</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="title">Bayes’ Theorem (v1).</span>
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<div class="para logical" id="thm-Bayes-v1-2-1">
<div class="para">For events <span class="process-math">\(A, B\)</span> with nonzero probability:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="thm-Bayes-v1-2-1-2">
\begin{gather*}
\Pr(B \mid A) = \frac{\Pr(A \mid B)\Pr(B)}{\Pr(A)}
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">For example, if a patient sees a positive diagnostic test result, they might try to calculate:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-7-1">
\begin{gather*}
\Pr(D \mid P) = \frac{\Pr(P \mid D)\Pr(D)}{\Pr(P)}
\end{gather*}
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<div class="para">
<span class="process-math">\(\Pr(P \mid D)\)</span> is the sensitivity. <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(D)\)</span> could be the prevalence. We don’t have direct access to <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(P)\text{.}\)</span>
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<div class="para" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-8">Observation: <span class="process-math">\(\Omega = D \cup D^c\text{,}\)</span> so <span class="process-math">\(P = (P\cap D) \cup (P\cap D^c)\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-8" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">Observation 2:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-10-1">
\begin{align*}
\Pr(P \mid D) \amp \frac{\Pr(P\cap D)}{\Pr(D)} \amp \amp \Rightarrow \amp \Pr(P \cap D) \amp = \Pr(P\mid D)\Pr(D) \\
\Pr(P \mid D^c) \amp \frac{\Pr(P\cap D^c)}{\Pr(D^c)} \amp \amp \Rightarrow \amp \Pr(P \cap D^c) \amp = \Pr(P\mid D^c)\Pr(D^c)
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">So:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-10-2">
\begin{gather*}
\Pr(P) = \Pr(P\mid D)\Pr(D) + \Pr(P\mid D^c)\Pr(D^c)
\end{gather*}
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<span class="type">Theorem</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">30</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="title">Bayes’ Theorem (v2).</span>
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<div class="displaymath process-math" id="thm-Bayes-v2-2-1-1">
\begin{gather*}
\Pr(B \mid A) = \frac{\Pr(A \mid B)\Pr(B)}{\Pr(A \mid B)\Pr(B) + \Pr(A \mid B^c)\Pr(B^c)}
\end{gather*}
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<span class="type">Example</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">31</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para logical" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-12-1-1">
<div class="para">Continuing from the previous example:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-12-1-1-1">
\begin{align*}
\Pr(D\mid P) \amp = \frac{\Pr(P\mid D)\Pr(D)}{\Pr(P\mid D)\Pr(D) + \Pr(P\mid D^c)\Pr(D^c)} \\
\amp = \frac{(0.9)(0.01)}{(0.9)(0.01) + (1 - 0.91)(1 - 0.01)} \\
\amp \approx 0.092
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">What if the patient got a negative test result instead? In that case, what is the probaiblity they do not have the disease?</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="subsec-Diagnostic-Testing-12-1-1-2">
\begin{align*}
\Pr(D^c\mid P^c) \amp = \frac{\Pr(P^c\mid D^c)\Pr(D^c)}{\Pr(P^c\mid D^c)\Pr(D^c) + \Pr(P^c\mid D)\Pr(D)} \\
\amp = \frac{(0.91)(1 - 0.01)}{(0.91)(1 - 0.01) + (1 - 0.9)(0.01)} \\
\amp \approx 0.999
\end{align*}
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<div class="para" id="subsec-Independent-Events-2">Question: <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A \mid B)\)</span> is supposed to capture how information about <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> affects the probability of <span class="process-math">\(A\text{.}\)</span> What if it doesn’t?<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#subsec-Independent-Events-2" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<span class="type">Definition</span><span class="space heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__space"> </span><span class="codenumber">32</span><span class="period heading-divison-mark heading-divison-mark__period">.</span>
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<div class="para" id="def-independent-events-1-1">Events <span class="process-math">\(A, B\)</span> are <dfn class="terminology">independent</dfn> if <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A \mid B) = \Pr(A)\text{.}\)</span><div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#def-independent-events-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">Observation: If <span class="process-math">\(A, B\)</span> have nonzero probability and are independent, then:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="subsec-Independent-Events-4-2">
\begin{align*}
\Pr(A\mid B) \amp = \Pr(A) \\
\frac{\Pr(A\cap B)}{\Pr(B)} \amp = \Pr(A) \\
\Pr(A\cap B) \amp = \Pr(A)\Pr(B)
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">We can take this last equation as a definition of independence.</div>
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<div class="para" id="example-rolls-independent-1-1">Continuing <a href="notes-01-15.html#example-rolls-conditional" class="xref" data-knowl="./knowl/xref/example-rolls-conditional.html" data-reveal-label="Reveal" data-close-label="Close" title="Example 25">Example 25</a>, recall <span class="process-math">\(A = \{\text{sum} \geq 10\}\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(B = \{\text{1st roll is } 6\}\text{.}\)</span> We found that <span class="process-math">\(\Pr(A \mid B) \neq \Pr(A)\text{,}\)</span> so <span class="process-math">\(A\)</span> and <span class="process-math">\(B\)</span> are not independent.<div class="autopermalink" data-description="Paragraph"><a href="#example-rolls-independent-1-1" title="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph" aria-label="Copy heading and permalink for Paragraph">🔗</a></div>
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<div class="para">Now consider the event <span class="process-math">\(C = \{\text{sum} = 7\}\text{.}\)</span> We have:</div>
<div class="displaymath process-math" id="example-rolls-independent-1-2-2">
\begin{align*}
C \amp = \{(1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1)\} \\
\Pr(C) \amp = \frac{6}{36} = \frac{1}{6} \\
B\cap C \amp = \{(6, 1)\} \\
\Pr(B\cap C) \amp = \frac{1}{36} \\
\text{therefore: } \Pr(C\mid B) \amp = \frac{\Pr(C\cap B)}{\Pr(B)} = \frac{1/36}{1/6} = \frac{1}{6} = \Pr(C)
\end{align*}
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<div class="para">Therefore events <span class="process-math">\(B, C\)</span> are independent.</div>
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