Gentle Introduction to Probability: Counting Coin Flips and Dice

This video provides a simple introduction to probability, starting with the basic idea of counting random events. We will use random coin flips and dice rolls to illustrate these concepts. Interestingly, neither coin flips or dice rolls are actually random, but there is enough uncertainty in their motion that to us humans, they appear random. This video was produced at the University of Washington, and we acknowledge funding support from the Boeing Company %%% CHAPTERS %%% 00:00 Intro 02:27 Example Problem: Coin Flips 07:40 Example Problem: Dice Rolls 13:08 What is Random 18:12 Parting Thoughts/Outro (Probability vs Statistics)