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chapter 6 OP STAT TERMS

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probability   the chances of something to occur in all possible subjective options and ways it can, doesnt neccesarily gaurantee much.  
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random process   generates outcomes that are determined purely by chance.  
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probability   generates outcomes that are determined purely by chance.  
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law of large numbers   says that if we observe more and more trials of any random process, the proportion of times that a specific outcome occurs approaches its probability.  
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simulation   imitates a random process in such a way that simulated outcomes are consistent with real-world outcomes.  
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event   is any collection of outcomes from some random process.  
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complement rule   says that 𝑃(A𝐶)=1−𝑃(A, where A𝐶 is the complement of event A; that is, the event that A does not occur.  
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Venn diagram   consists of one or more circles surrounded by a rectangle. Each circle represents an event. The region inside the rectangle represents the sample space of the random process.  
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Conditional probability   The probability that one event happens given that another event is known to have happened is called a conditional probability. The conditional probability that event A happens given that event B has happened is denoted by 𝑃(A|B).  
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independent events   if knowing whether or not one event has occurred does not change the probability that the other event will happen.  
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General multiplication rule   For any random process, the probability that events A and B both occur can be found using the general multiplication rule: P ( A and B) = P ( A n B) = P(a)x p(b/a)  
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tree diagram   shows the sample space of a random process involving multiple stages. The probability of each outcome is shown on the corresponding branch of the tree. All probabilities after the first stage are conditional probabilities.  
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random variable   takes numerical values that describe the outcomes of a random process.  
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probability distribution   of a random variable gives its possible values and their probabilities.  
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discrete random variable   X takes a fixed set of possible values with gaps between them.  
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mean (expected value) of a discrete random variable   is its average value over many, many trials of the same random process.  
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standard deviation of a discrete random variable   measures how much the values of the variable typically vary from the mean in many, many trials of the random process.  
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continuous random variable   can take any value in an interval on the number line.  
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Independent random variables   two random variables are independent if knowing the value of one variable does not change the probability distribution of the other variable.  
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Binomial random variable,   The count of successes X in a binomial setting is a binomial random variable. The possible values of X are 0, 1, 2, …, n.  
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Binomial distribution   The probability distribution of X is a binomial distribution. Any binomial distribution is completely specified by two numbers: the number of trials n of the random process and the probability p of success on each trial.  
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Binomial coefficient   The number of ways to arrange x successes among n trials  
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10% condition   When taking a random sample of size n from a population of size N, we can treat individual observations as independent when performing calculations as long as n<.10 N  
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Large Counts condition   says that the probability distribution of X is approximately Normal if 𝑛 𝑝 ≥ 10 and 𝑛 ( 1−𝑝 ) ≥10 That is, the expected numbers (counts) of successes and failures are both at least 10.  
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