Probability VOCAB

What does "impossible" mean in terms of probability?

• Will definitely happen

• Will probably happen

• Cannot happen

• Might happen

How likely something will happen.

• impossible

• probability

• certain

• likely

Will definitely happen.

• probability

• Certain

• impossible

• likely

Will probably happen; more than 50/50 but less than certain.

• P(A)

• Checkmark

• X

• likely

What does "unlikely" mean in probability terms?

• Will definitely happen

• Will probably not happen; less than 50/50 but more than impossible

• Will never happen

• Will happen more than 50% of the time

What does "outcome" refer to in an experiment?

• The process of conducting the experiment

• The possible result of an experiment

• The tools used in the experiment

• The time taken to complete the experiment

What is an experiment in probability?

• Something you do once with a single result.

• Something you do over and over that has a certain set of possible results.

• A random guess with no specific outcome.

• A one-time event with no repetition.

What does it mean if events are dependent?

• One event is affected by another event.

• Events occur independently of each other.

• Events have no relation to each other.

• Events happen at the same time.

What characterizes independent events?

• The outcome of one event affects future outcomes.

• Events are always related.

• The outcome of one event has no effect on future outcomes.

• Events occur in a sequence.

Even chance that either of 2 outcomes will happen.

• 50/50

• likely

• unlikely

• certain