Simple Probability Vocabulary
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| Outcome | A result of a probability experiment.
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| Probability | the chance of something occurring.
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| Sample Space | The set of all possible outcomes.
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| Simple Event | one event or action
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| Impossible | A probability of 0
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| Certain | A probability of 1
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| Equally likely as not | A probability of 1/2
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| Likely | A probability between 1/2 and 1
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| Unlikely | A probability between 0 and 1/2
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| experiment | Something you can do over and over again, and you don’t know what will happen each time.
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| Complementary Events | Two events in which either one of the other must happen, but they cannot happen at the same time.
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| Event | The desired outcome or set of outcomes in a probability experiment.
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| Experimental Probability | An estimated probability based on the relative frequency of positive outcomes during an experiment. It is based on what ACTUALLY occurred during such an experiment.
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| Theoretical Probability | The ratio of the number of ways an event can occur to the number of possible outcomes in the sample space. It is based on what SHOULD happen when conducting a probability experiment.
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| Likelihood | The chance of an event happening.
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| Relative Frequency | A ratio that compares the frequency of each category to the total.
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| Relative Frequency Bar Graph | A bar graph showing the relative frequency of an experiment.
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| Relative Frequency Table | A list of the relative frequencies in an experiment.
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| Uniform Probability Model | A probability model which assigns equal probability to all outcomes.
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