04/17/06
12.3.3 Independence
1. Difficult -
Now that the book has defined independence I am confused as to what is conditional and what is independent. I understand why the coin toss in independent, but it seems like the coin toss is kind of like the child example. I am wondering why having two children is conditional while tossing a coin twice is independent. It seems like having children is equally random too (it can be a boy or a girl each time)... I don't understand what is independent and what is conditional. I also do not undertand the pairwise independent property.
2. Reflective -
I wonder why the phrases "pairwise disjoint" and "pairwise independent" share the word "pairwise."
1. Difficult -
Now that the book has defined independence I am confused as to what is conditional and what is independent. I understand why the coin toss in independent, but it seems like the coin toss is kind of like the child example. I am wondering why having two children is conditional while tossing a coin twice is independent. It seems like having children is equally random too (it can be a boy or a girl each time)... I don't understand what is independent and what is conditional. I also do not undertand the pairwise independent property.
2. Reflective -
I wonder why the phrases "pairwise disjoint" and "pairwise independent" share the word "pairwise."
posted by Tina Marcroft at 10:40 PM
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