Simple Probability Vocabulary

a list of all possible outcomes of an experiment

typically in closed {brackets} with commas between the outcomes

• sample space

• simple event

• theoretical probability

• tree diagram

a tree-shaped diagram that illustrates the possible outcomes of a given situation

• tree diagram

• stem and leaf plot

• histogram

• experiment

combines two or more events using the word "and" or the word "or"

• compound event

• complementary event

• event

• experiment

The chance that some event will occur

• Probability

• Sample Space

• Prediction

• Random

The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment

• Probability

• Equally Likely

• Simple Event

• Sample Space

Outcomes that have the same

probability of occurring

• Prediction

• Probability

• Equally Likely

• Sample Space

2 events in which either one or the other must happen, the sum is 1 or 100%

• Random

• Complementary Events

• Theoretical Probability

• Experimental Probability

Probability based on what should happen when conducting a probability experiment

• Theoretical Probability

• Random

• Compound Event

• Experimental Probobility

outcome of collection

• Sample Space

• Theoretical Probability

• Experimental Probability

• Simple Event

Probability based on the outcomes during

an experiment

• Theoretical Probability

• Sample Space

• Experimental Probability

• Random