Portland-State-University 2026-2027 Bulletin

BSTA 550 Intro to Probability

This course is an introduction to the methods and concepts of probability theory, including conditional probability and independence, combinatorics, discrete and continuous random variables, probability distributions, joint distributions, expectation, transformations of random variables, and the central limit theorem. Students will apply probability concepts and develop statistical reasoning through simulations in R.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Acceptance to MS in Biostatistics program.
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