Home > List of probability topics

It overlaps with the (alphabetical) list of statistical topics. There are also the list of probabilists and list of statisticians.

1 General aspects

• Probability
• Randomness, Pseudorandomness, Quasirandom
• Randomization, hardware random number generator
• Random number generator
• Random sequence
• Coin flipping/tossing
• Uncertainty
• Statistical dispersion
• Observational error
• AverageIn mathematics, there are numerous methods for calculating the average or central tendency of a set of n numbers. The most common method, and the one generally referred to simply as the average is the arithmetic mean. Please see the table of mathematical
• Probability interpretationsThe word probability has been used in a variety of ways since it was first coined in relation to games of chance. There are two broad categories of probability interpretations: Frequentists assign probabilities only to random events according to their rel
• MarkovianIn probability theory, a stochastic process is said to be Markovian if it has the Markov property. Such a process is called a Markov process. An important type of Markov process is the Markov chain.
• Statistical regularityStatistical regularity is a notion in statistics that if we throw a thumbtack onto a table once, we would have a hard time predicting whether the point would touch the surface of the table or not. But if we repeat this experiment many times, we will see t
• Central tendencyCentral tendency is a term used in some fields of empirical research to refer to what statisticians sometimes call "location". A "measure of central tendency" is either a location parameter or a statistic used to estimate a location parameter. Examples in
• Bean machineThe bean machine also known as the quincunx, is a device invented by Sir Francis Galton to demonstrate the law of error and the normal distribution. The machine consists of a vertical board with interleaved rows of pins. Balls are dropped from the top, an
• Relative frequencyIn a series of observations, or trials the relative frequency of occurrence of an event is calculated as: : The limiting relative frequency of an event over a long series of trials is the conceptual foundation of the frequency interpretation of probabilit
• Frequency probabilityStatistical regularity has motivated the development of the relative frequency concept of probability. Most of the procedures commonly used to make statistical estimates or tests were developed by statisticians who used this concept exclusively. They are
• Maximum likelihood
• Bayesian probability
• Principle of indifference
• Cox's theorem
• Eclectic probability
• Principle of maximum entropy
• Information entropy
• Urn problems
• Extractor
• Aleatoric, aleatoric music
• Free probability
• Exotic probability
• Schrödinger method