Math
Yes, you need to know this too.
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Counting & Combinatorics
Permutations, combinations, multinomials, stars and bars, inclusion-exclusion, and pigeonhole.
After Counting & Combinatorics
Classical & Conditional Probability
Sample spaces, conditional probability, Bayes' rule, and the law of total probability.
After Classical & Conditional Probability
Expectation & Indicators
Linearity of expectation, indicators, LOTUS, conditional expectation, and tail sums.
After Classical & Conditional Probability
Distributions
Named distributions (Bernoulli/binomial, geometric, Poisson, uniform, normal, exponential/gamma), order statistics, and their properties.
After Expectation & Indicators, Distributions
Statistics & Estimation
Variance, covariance, estimators (MLE/Fisher information), regression, hypothesis testing, CLT/LLN, and concentration inequalities.
After Statistics & Estimation
Stochastic Processes
Markov chains, random walks, recurrence relations, martingales, and gambler-ruin/first-passage reasoning over evolving processes.