Basics of Multivariate Probability Recap of Lecture 1 Basics of Multivariate Probability Mathematical definitions Interpretation of probability Multivariate probability
Probability w.r.t Process with Uncertain Outcome
Example
Interpretations of Probability
Joint Distribution Assign a probability value for each combination of values of the random variables P(R, T) refers to a table. So do P(X, Y, Z), … Number of free parameters: 3 x 4 – 1 = 11
Marginal Probability
Conditional Probability
(Marginal) Independence Two-dimensional table reduced to one-dimensional table
Conditional Independence Three-dimensional table reduced to two-dimensional table
Conditional Example