Hands On Training

Probability Puzzles in R

via

DataCamp

Course Features

Duration

4 hours

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Intermediate

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Video Content

4 hours

Course Description

Do you want to increase your probability skills? This course uses problem-based learning to teach you how to solve probability puzzles. As you work through the problems, you will be able to code and apply general strategies to solve other probability problems. The course is organized according to theme. The course begins with the Monty Hall puzzle and Birthday Problem and ends with poker-related puzzles like Texas Hold'em and the World Series of Poker!

Course Overview

Virtual Labs

International Faculty

Post Course Interactions

Hands-On Training,Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

Foundations of Probability in R

Intermediate R

What You Will Learn

In this chapter, we explore games in which dice are rolled, including Yahtzee, Settlers of Catan, and Craps

Learn strategies for answering probability questions in R by solving a variety of probability puzzles

The puzzles in this chapter were inspired by ideas encountered on the internet. In order to solve them, you will learn to combine tools such as nested for loops, and the functions round, identical, and sapply

This chapter will introduce some basic principles that will be used throughout the course, such as writing loops and functions

We will learn to code for win probabilities with any given number of outs, and also explore a more theoretical model of poker known as the von Neumann model

Course Content

Expand all sections

Module 1: Introduction and Classic Puzzles

Module 2: Games with Dice

Module 3: Inspired from the Web

Module 4: Poker

Course Instructors

Peter Chi

Assistant Professor of Statistics, Villanova University

Peter Chi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Villanova University. His primary research focus is centered on statistical methodologies in phylogenetics and e...