Probability Vocabulary

An activity in which results are observed

• experiment
• trial

• outcome

• event

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What is the probability that you will pull out a yellow card from a deck of 52 red and black cards?

• 50/50

• 25/100

• 0/52

• 32/52

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a set of one or more outcomes

• experiment
• trial

• outcome

• event

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each round of an experiment

• experiment
• trial

• outcome

• event

the result of a trial

• experiment
• trial

• outcome

• event

a measure of the likelihood that the event will occur; ranges include 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain

• Probability

• frequency table

• event

• cumulative frequency

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A type of table that shows how often an item, a number, or a range of numbers occurs

• Probability table

• frequency table

• dining table

• cumulative frequency

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The sum of all frequencies up to and including the current one 

• Probability

• frequency table

• event

• cumulative frequency

The percentage a specific frequency occurred out of all of the outcomes in the event

• probability

• relative frequency

• uniform probability

• cumulative frequency

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When all outcomes of experiment are equally likely 

• probability

• relative frequency

• uniform probability

• cumulative frequency

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