Lecture 3
Preparation
Read Chapter 1 in the text.
Get familiar with SPSS as a statistical analysis tool. Type in
a set of data and familiarize yourself with the basic operations.
Notes
- Probability and statistics for pattern recognition
- Basic Probability
- Conditional probability
- Bayes law
Homework
Consider the previous homework involving the mail order clothing business.
Contrive an example of Bayes law and discuss how conditional probability
is related to pattern classification.