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Probability
Term | a probable situation |
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Experimental Probability | data collected from outcomes of an experiment |
Theoretical Probability | likelihood of an event occurring without an experiment |
Outcome | result of an event |
Compound Events | set of outcomes from a combination of activities |
Independent Events | outcome from one activity does not affect the probability of the outcomes of other activities. |
Dependent Events | the outcome from one activity may affect the probability of the outcomes of other activities |
Inference | a prediction based on data |
Event | a probable situation |
Complement | the probability of the non desired outcome |
Probability | the ratio between the number of desired outcomes to the total possible outcomes |
Simulation | a mode or experiment l to test the outcomes of an e vent |
Sample Space | a set of all possible outcomes |
Quantitative | objective description associated with quantity. ex 25% |
Qualitative | subjective description like certain, more than likely, less than likely, equally likely. |
Simple Event | outcomes from one single action |
Random Sample | a subset of the population selected without bias to make inferences about the entire population |