Probability
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| Probability Scale | A number line going from 0 - 1 used compare probability of events happening.
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| Certain | The word used for an outcome that will always happen
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| Likely | The word used for an outcome that is between "even chance" and "certain".
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| Even Chance | The word used for an outcome that will happen half the time.
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| Unlikely | The word used for an outcome that is between "impossible" and "even chance".
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| Impossible | The word used for an outcome that will never happen
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| notation | A system of symbols used to represent special things.
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| Area Model | A type of bar model that shows visually how likely an outcome will occur compared to other possible outcomes.
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| Tree Diagram | A model that show all possible outcomes of a compound probability situation.
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| Frequency Chart | A chart that gives how often each particular outcome happened.
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| Outcome | the possible result of an experiment
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| Number of trials | The number of time an experiment is conducted. Should be at least 20 in order to get an accurate picture of probability
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| Simple Probability | A situation or experiment that has a single independent event occurring.
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| Compound Probability | A situation or experiment that has two independent events occurring.
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| Theoretical/Mathematical Probability | also known as calculated probability because is the fraction of a certain outcome occurring over all possible outcomes occurring
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| Experimental/Empirical Probability | the fraction of a certain outcome that occurred from an experiment over the total number of times the experiment occurred
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| Sample Space | a list of all possible outcomes of an experiment
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| Tally | A way of keeping count by drawing marks. Every fifth mark is drawn across the previous 4 marks.
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