Lab 6 - Probability

Comic of the Day

Tip: Watch your syntax when using the =FRIENDIF() function

Applications of Visualizations

Dashboard

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Understand statistics, don't BE a statistic

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/science/coronavirus-curve-mitigation-infection.html

Prevention

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/

To help protect you and your family against all respiratory illnesses, including flu and COVID-19, you should:

• Wash your hands often and well
• Avoid touching your face, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick
• Clean and disinfect surfaces that are frequently touched
• Stay at home and away from others if you are feeling ill
• Contact your primary health provider or Health Link 811 if you have questions or concerns about your health
• When sick, cover your cough and sneezes and then wash your hands

Announcements and Deadlines

Production Assignment 2 assessments and peer/self evaluation due Sun Mar 15

Chapter 6-8 assignment (Moodle) due Mon Mar 30

Theory Exam (Chapter 6-8) in class Mon Mar 30

Drop-in tutorials will run every Tue 12-12:50 in CAT286 (computer lab)

Today - Lab 6 - Probability

See videos on Moodle
Activity 1 is related to injury rates in your individual data sets
In Activity 2 you will create a binomial probability distribution related to injury rates, and then also create a model for workplace injuries using random number generation in Excel.  Excel's built-in Binomial Distribution function with the following syntax:
BINOM.DIST(x,n,p,false)

Next Lecture - 7.1-7.3 Sampling Distributions and Central Limit Theorem
Pre-read 7.1-7.3 in the textbook
Watch this 10:41 primer video on the Central Limit Theorem
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-statistics/sampling-distribution-ap/sampling-distribution-mean/v/sampling-distribution-of-the-sample-mean