Probability Definitions

A small cube whose faces are marked with dots and has 6 faces.

• coin

• die

• card

• ball

Refers to an event which will never happen

• certain

• unlikely

• likely

• impossible

Are the results of experiments

• outcomes

• chances

• events

• sample sapce

Branch of mathematics that deals with uncertainty. It is a measure or estimation of how likely it is that an event will occur.

• statistics

• geometry

• probability

• algebra

If an event is sure to happen, then the probability is _____ .

• 3/4

• 1/2

• 0

• 1

It is the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment.

• sample space or probability sapce

• sample point

• experiment

• results

An individual outcome in the sample space.

• result

• sample space

• sample point

• probability

Refers to something which is not likely to occur, not likely to be true or be believed.

• impossible

• unlikely

• likely

• certain

The probability that a certain outcome will occur as determined through reasoning or calculation.

• theoritical probability

• experimental probability

• expirimental probability

• theoretical probability

Refers to something which is likely to change, and therefore not reliable or stable.

• certain

• uncertain

• impossible

• unlikely