AP Statistics Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

Match the following

• Binomial Distribution

• A type of distribution that gives gives the probability that the first occurrence of success requires k independent trials.

• Or

• Expected Value

• And

• A type of distribution with two possible outcomes.

• Mean

• Union

• Geometric Distribution

• Intersection

Match the following

• Continuous Variable

• Variance

• Can take on infinitely

  many values, but those values cannot be counted.

• Complement

• 1-P(E)

• Random Variable

• The numerical outcomes of random behavior

• Discrete Variable

• Can take on a countable number of values.

Match the following

• P(E∩S)

• Probability of an event given something else

• P(E∪S)

• Complement of the probability of an event

• P(E|S)

• Probability of an event

• P(E)

• Probability of an event and something else

• P(E^C)

• Probability of an event or something else

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An event is (a)   if the probability of one variable does not affect the probability of another variable. ​ (b)  

An event is ​ (c)   if the probability of one variable indicates the other variable cannot occur. ​ ​ (d)  

• independent
• P(A)=P(A|B)
• mutually exclusive
• P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B)

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

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Intersection (select all answers)

• P(A or B)

• P(A and B)

• P(A∩B)

• P(A∪B)

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

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CCSS.HSS.CP.B.6

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Union (select all answers)

• P(A or B)

• P(A and B)

• P(A∩B)

• P(A∪B)

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.CP.B.7

A conditional distribution is the probability that event A will occur

_____ that event B has occurred.

The word being looked for is what the | represents in P(A|B).

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CCSS.HSS.CP.A.3

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States that simulated (empirical) probabilities tend to get closer to the true probability as the number of trials increases.

• 10% Rule

• Central Limit Theorem

• Law of Large Numbers

• Empirical Rule

A ​ (a)   is a mathematical representation of a random phenomenon. It is defined by:

1) its ​ (b)   ,

2) ​ (c)   within the sample space, and

3) ​ (d)   associated with each event. All probabilities should be between ​ (e)   and 1.

• probability model
• sample space
• events
• probabilities
• 0
• -1

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