Whenever we want to describe a set of events in which either A or B could occur, it is: A∩B. And this is pronounced “A union B,” which means it is the new set that contains every element from A and every element from B. Any element that is in either set A or set B, then, is also in the new union set. And whenever we want to describe a set of events that occurred together—the joint set—it’s A∪B, which is pronounced “A intersect B.”
In the Contingency Tables section, in table 2.4 the table headers describing events B and ~B are mixed up:
Event labels
Coach is not rehired (B)
Coach is rehired (∼B)
Total
(A)(A) Bowl game
Pr(A,∼B)Pr(A,∼B)=0.1
Pr(A,B)Pr(A,B)=0.5
Pr(A)Pr(A)=0.6
(∼A)(∼A) no Bowl game
Pr(∼A,∼B)=0.1Pr(∼A,∼B)=0.1
Pr(∼A,B)=0.3Pr(∼A,B)=0.3
Pr(B)=0.4Pr(B)=0.4
Total
Pr(∼B)=0.2Pr(∼B)=0.2
Pr(B)=0.8Pr(B)=0.8
1.0
Below equation 2.7 in the same section, the term Pr(A,B) is missing an ending bracket, and equation 2.8 is not tagged correctly.
Hope this is somewhat helpful!
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In the Probability Tree section, the footnote is not displaying the latex equation correctly (and I believe union should be intersection):
This seems to occur inside other footnotes too.
Similarly, in the Venn Diagram and Sets section (errors in bold):
In the Contingency Tables section, in table 2.4 the table headers describing events B and ~B are mixed up:
Below equation 2.7 in the same section, the term Pr(A,B) is missing an ending bracket, and equation 2.8 is not tagged correctly. Hope this is somewhat helpful!