Ithaca High School Senior Seminar

Spring 2005 Topic: Probability with Applications in Biology

This module focuses on applications of probability theory ranging from gambling to genetics. Topics include the Monte Hall problem, birthday pairings, counting principles, conditional probability and independence, Bayes Rule, random variables and their distributions, Gambler's Ruin problem, random walks, Markov chains, and branching processes. Concepts are introduced with lots of examples and students work though challenging problems in class.