Independent Events

Independent Events

Independent events

Events \(A\) and \(B\) are independent if the occurrence of either event does not affect the other. For nonzero conditioning probabilities, the following conditions are equivalent.

Independence tests

\[P(A\mid B)=P(A),\qquad P(B\mid A)=P(B),\qquad P(A\cap B)=P(A)P(B)\]

Consequences

If \(A\) and \(B\) are independent, then \(A'\) and \(B'\) are independent and \(P(A'\cap B')=P(A')P(B')\). If \(P(A)\ne0\) and \(P(B)\ne0\), independent events are not mutually exclusive; conversely, mutually exclusive events are not independent.

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