Quantitative Methods for Business chapter 10

C H A P T E R 10 Is it worth the risk? – introducing probability Chapter objectives This chapter will help you to: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ measure risk and chance using probability recognize the types of probability use Venn diagrams to represent alternatives and combinations apply the addition rule of probability: chances of alternatives apply the multiplication rule of probability: chances of combinations ■ calculate and interpret conditional probabilities and apply Bayes’ rule ■ construct and make use of probability trees...