EN 550.122 - Chance And Risk

Institution:

Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

The course will help students develop an appreciation of probability and randomness, and an understanding of its applications in real life situations involving chance and risk. Applications, controversies, and paradoxes involving risk in business and economics, health and medicine, law, politics, sports, and gambling will be used to illustrate probabilistic concepts such as independence, conditional probability, expectation, and variance. The course is intended primarily for humanities and social science majors. There is no prerequisite beyond high school mathematics. The course is not open to students who have taken AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, 550.111, 550.112 or more than one semester of Calculus.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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