Probability Vocab

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Info collected about people, events, or objects

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data

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Probable situation or condition

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event

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Data collected from experiment outcomes

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experimental data

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Likelihood of an event from experiment outcomes

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Experimental probability

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If one event has 'a' outcomes and another has 'b', total outcomes = a × b.

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fundamental counting principle

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Outcome of one action doesn't affect the next; involves compound events.

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Independent events

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Conclusion or prediction based on data

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inference

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As trials increase, experimental probability approaches theoretical probability, reducing the difference to zero.

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Law of large numbers

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Events that cannot occur simultaneously

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Mutually exclusive events

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Result of an action or event

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outcome