7th grade - Probability Vocabulary

the likelihood that an event will not occur

• complement

• stastics

the number of times an event occurs

• probability

• frequency

the ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the total number of trials

• theoretical probabilty

• experimental probability

the outcome that is being counted or studied

• favorable outcome

• sample space

the likelihood that an event will occur

• probability

• statistics

all the possible outcomes of an event

• complement

• sample space

a probability of 0

• certain

• impossible

a probability of 1

• impossible

• certain

a probability greater than 0 but less than 1/2

• likely

• unlikely

a probability greater than 1/2 but less than 1

• likely

• unlikely