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ampakine
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I find the probability theory I'm doing in college very difficult until I start wording it all out in my head. If I word it out then there's no confusion about what P(A) represents and what P(B|A) represents etc. but if I don't word it out then I have trouble thinking about it. I think its the notation. To think about it visually I should be seeing Venn diagrams instead of P(A), P(B), P(B|A) etc. How do you deal with this notation in your head? Do you sound it all out, do you visualise the equations as they are, do you convert them into Venn diagrams etc.?
I find the Venn diagram approach just as tricky because I don't exactly know how the Venn diagram of something translates into the real life situation. For example if I want to know the probability that a footballer will score a hat trick I know that in probability theory notation its this P(A∩A∩A) and I can picture that on a Venn diagram but I have trouble seeing how the Venn diagram represents the probability of someone scoring 3 goals in a row. I suppose its all a matter of conditioning my brain so that it automatically knows what the Venn diagram and notation actually represent.
I find the Venn diagram approach just as tricky because I don't exactly know how the Venn diagram of something translates into the real life situation. For example if I want to know the probability that a footballer will score a hat trick I know that in probability theory notation its this P(A∩A∩A) and I can picture that on a Venn diagram but I have trouble seeing how the Venn diagram represents the probability of someone scoring 3 goals in a row. I suppose its all a matter of conditioning my brain so that it automatically knows what the Venn diagram and notation actually represent.