Mathematics

Learn the mathematics behind data, machine learning, and everyday decisions in simple English.

Probability learning path

  1. Probability Foundations — outcomes, events, complements, unions, and the main rules.
  2. Counting for Probability — permutations and combinations: count possibilities without listing them.
  3. Conditional Probability — “given that” questions, including a complete Python problem.
  4. Independence and Bayes’ Theorem — update a belief when new evidence arrives.
  5. Random Variables and Distributions — expected value, variance, and common distributions.
  6. Advanced Probability — total probability, joint distributions, covariance, LLN, and CLT.

Every lesson uses this format:

  1. A real question
  2. The formula
  3. A plain-English explanation of every symbol
  4. A worked answer
  5. Practice questions