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I am having a hard time in Stats understanding some basic rules of probability and set-theory, namely $P(A|B)$, $P(A\ \textrm{and}\ B)$ and $P(A\ \textrm{or}\ B)$ where $A$ and $B$ depend on each other. I use Mathematica all the time through my school, and I love to program in my free-time (sometimes writing small scripts for Mathematica).

I can understand confusing subjects that deal with logic when they are in a programming language syntax, so I thought I could understand what's going on better if I had a written syntax to look at. Will anyone bother to help?

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  • $\begingroup$ Are you asking for an example on how to deal with Bayes theorem in Mathematica? $\endgroup$
    – Stefan
    Commented Jul 18, 2013 at 8:02
  • $\begingroup$ @Stefan In a way, yes. Basically, what would the code for those three basic rules look like in Mathematica's programming language so that I can play around with it to understand it better? $\endgroup$
    – jocopa3
    Commented Jul 18, 2013 at 8:12

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The Wolfram Demonstration Project has 13 submissions that use Bayes Theorem: See here

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More specifically:

Probability Of Being Sick After Having Tested Positive For A Disease

Bayes's Theorem And Inverse Probability

Total Probability And Bayes's Theorem

All of these will have downloadable code to help you learn this.

Good luck.

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