Probability Vocab

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Result of an experiment?

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outcome

Front

If events cannot occur at the same time they are _____________.

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mutually exclusive

Front

An event with zero probability is _____________.

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impossible

Front

Theoretical probability is:

Back

The expected probability of an event that has not actually been tested.

Front

Set of all possible outcomes for an event?

Back

sample space

Front

Another word for chance?

Back

probability

Front

Outcomes are unequally likely if they have the same chance of occurring.

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false

Front

Independent event:

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Second event does not depend on the first.

Front

Event with all outcomes different from favorable outcome?

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complement

Front

Probability: the chance an event occurs, expressed as a ratio of favorable outcomes to total possibilities.

Back

the chance that an event will occur and is expressed as a ratio with the favorable outcomes to (over) the number of total possibilities