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Bayes’ Theorem
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An insurance company divides its clients into two categories: those who are accident prone and those who are not. Statistics show there is a 40% chance an accident prone person will have an accident within 1 year whereas there is a 20% chance non-accident prone people will have an accident within the first year. If 30% of the population is accident prone, what is the probability that a new policyholder has an accident within 1 year?
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Bayes’ Theorem Let A be the event a person is accident prone Let F be the event a person has an accident within 1 year AACAC F
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Bayes’ Theorem Notice we’ve divided up or partitioned the sample space along accident prone and non- accident prone AACAC F
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Bayes’ Theorem Notice that and are mutually exclusive events and that Therefore We need to find and How?
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Bayes’ Theorem Recall from conditional probability
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Bayes’ Theorem Thus: P(A) = 0.30 since 30% of population is accident prone P(F|A) = 0.40 since if a person is accident prone, then his chance of having an accident within 1 year is 40% P(F|A C ) = 0.2 since non-accident prone people have a 20% chance of having an accident within 1 year P(A C ) = 1- P(A) = 0.70
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Bayes’ Theorem Updating our Venn Diagram Notice again that AACAC F
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Bayes’ Theorem So the probability of having an accident within 1 year is:
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Bayes’ Theorem Using Tree Diagrams: Accident Prone P(A) = 0.30 Not Accident Prone P(A C ) = 0.70 Accident w/in 1 year P(F|A)=0.40 No Accident w/in 1 year P(F C |A)=0.60 Accident w/in 1 year P(F|A C )=0.20 No Accident w/in 1 year P(F C |A C )=0.80
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Bayes’ Theorem Notice you can have an accident within 1 year by following branch A until F is reached The probability that F is reached via branch A is given by In other words, the probability of being accident prone and having one within 1 year is
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Bayes’ Theorem You can also have an accident within 1 year by following branch A C until F is reached The probability that F is reached via branch A C is given by In other words, the probability of NOT being accident prone and having one within 1 year is
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Bayes’ Theorem What would happen if we had partitioned our sample space over more events, say, all them mutually exclusive? Venn Diagram A1A1 A2A2 A n-1 AnAn...... (etc.) F
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Bayes’ Theorem For each
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Bayes’ Theorem Tree Diagram
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Bayes’ Theorem Notice that F can be reached via branches Multiplying across each branch tells us the probability of the intersection Adding up all these products gives:
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Bayes’ Theorem Ex: 2 (text tractor example) Suppose there are 3 assembly lines: Red, White, and Blue. Chances of a tractor not starting for each line are 6%, 11%, and 8%. We know 48% are red and 31% are blue. The rest are white. What % don’t start?
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Bayes’ Theorem Soln. R: redP(R) = 0.48 W: whiteP(W) = 0.21 B: blueP(B) = 0.31 N: not starting P(N | R) = 0.06 P(N | W) = 0.11 P(N | B) = 0.08
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Bayes’ Theorem Soln.
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Bayes’ Theorem Main theorem: Suppose we know. We would like to use this information to find if possible. Discovered by Reverend Thomas Bayes
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Bayes’ Theorem Main theorem: Ex. Suppose and partition a space and A is some event. Use and to determine.
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Bayes’ Theorem Recall the formulas: So,
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Bayes’ Theorem Bayes’ Theorem:
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Bayes’ Theorem Ex. 4 (text tractor example) 3 assembly lines: Red, White, and Blue. Some tractors don’t start (see Ex. 2). Find prob. of each line producing a non-starting tractor. P(R) = 0.48P(N | R) = 0.06 P(W) = 0.21P(N | W) = 0.11 P(B) = 0.31P(N | B) = 0.08
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Bayes’ Theorem Soln. Find P(R | N), P(W | N), and P(B | N) P(R) = 0.48P(N | R) = 0.06 P(W) = 0.21P(N | W) = 0.11 P(B) = 0.31P(N | B) = 0.08
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Bayes’ Theorem Soln.
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Bayes’ Theorem Soln.
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: We want to find the following probabilities: and. To get these, use Bayes’ Theorem
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project:
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: In Excel, we find the probability to be approx. 0.4774
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: In Excel,we find the probability to be approx. 0.5226
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: Let Z be the value of a loan work out for a borrower with 7 years, Bachelor’s, Normal…
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: Since foreclosure value is $2,100,000 and on average we would receive $2,040,000 from a borrower with John Sanders characteristics, we should foreclose.
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: However, there were only 239 records containing 7 years experience. Look at range of value 6, 7, and 8 (1 year more and less)
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: Use DCOUNT function with an extra “Years in Business” heading Same for “no” Added a new column
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: From this you get 349 successful and 323 failed records Let be a borrower with 6, 7, or 8 years experience and
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project:
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: Use Bayes’ Theorem to get new probabilities : 6, 7, or 8 years, Bachelor’s, Normal (indicates work out)
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: We can look at a large range of years. Look at range of value 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 (2 years more and less)
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: Use DCOUNT function with an extra “Years in Business” heading Same for “no” Added a new column
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: From this you get 566 successful and 564 failed records Let be a borrower with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 years exper. and
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project:
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: Use Bayes’ Theorem to get new probabilities : 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 years, Bachelor’s, Normal (indicates work out)
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Bayes’ Theorem Focus on the Project: Since both indicated a work out while only indicated a foreclosure, we will work out a new payment schedule. Any further extensions…
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