Probability Vocabulary Review-7th

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What is a list of all possible outcomes of an event called?

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sample space

Front

What is one or a group of possible outcomes for a given situation called?

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event

Front

What are two events that when combined, contain all possible outcomes? (Example P(heads) and P(tails))

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complementary event

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What is the likelihood that an event will occur called?

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probability

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What is the ratio of the number of desired outcomes over the total number of possible outcomes?

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Theoretical Probability

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What is the ratio of the number of times an event occurs over the total number of trials performed?

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Experimental Probability

Front

What is the number of times an experiment is performed called?

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trials

Front

What is a list of each possible outcome along with its probability called?

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probability model

Front

When the outcomes of an event are all equally likely to occur, this is called

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uniform

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When the outcomes of an event are not equally likely to occur, this is called

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non-uniform