Probability Concepts

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Probability

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Probability is the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed between 0 and 1 or 0% to 100%.

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Certain event

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An event that will always happen, with a probability of 1 or 100%.

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Impossible event

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An event that will never happen, with a probability of 0 or 0%.

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Outcomes

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possible results of an experiment.

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Event

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a collection of outcomes; it's what you are examining in experiments.

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Favorable outcomes

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the number of times the desired outcome occurs.

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Complement

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The ________ of an event is the outcomes that are not the event.

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Trial

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each representation or observation of an experiment.

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Sample space

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a list of all possible outcomes in an experiment.

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Theoretical probability

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probability based on favorable outcomes divided by total possible outcomes.