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Chapter 4-5

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definition of experiment   Process by which a measurement is taken or observations are made  
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Examples of experiment   Flipping a coin or rolling a die  
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definition of outcome   the result of an experiment  
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examples of outcomes   Heads or rolling a 3  
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definition of sample space   the listing of all possible outcomes  
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Example of sample space flipping a coin   S={H,T}  
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Definition of event   an outcome or a combo of outcomes  
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Example of event   even number of rolling a die  
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Property 1   "A probability is always a numerical value between 0 and 1"  
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Property 2   "The sum of probabilities for all outcomes of an experiment is equal to exactly 1"  
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Empirical approach to probability   experimental  
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Theoretical approach to probability   Classical (dont actually do the experiment)  
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Subjective approach to probability   Expression of confidence (wheatherman)  
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Empirical probability of A=   number of times A occured/ number of trials  
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Law of Large Numbers   The more an even occurs the more the theoretical probablility is true  
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Theoretical probability of A=   number of times A occurs in sample space/ number of the elements in the sample space  
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odds in favor of event A   a to b or a:b  
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odds against event A   b to a or b:a  
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Proability of event A=   a/a+b  
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Probability of event A will not occur=   b/a+b  
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definition of conditional probability   Probability of an event GIVEN another event has occured  
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definition of complimentary evnet   The compliment of A, Abar is the set of all sample points in the sample space that does not belong to event A  
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Example of complimentary events   If A is heads the Abar is tails  
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Formula for complimentary events   probability of A compliment= one- probability of A  
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general addition rule: P(A or B)=   P(A)+ P(B)+ P(A and B)  
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general multiplication rule: P(A and B)=   P(A) x P(B given A)  
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definition of mutually exclusive events   Event that share no common elements  
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Example of mutually exclusive events   heads or tails, red or black cards, number 2 and 5  
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P(A and B) in a mutually exclusive event   0  
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Definition of an independent event   The occurrence or nonoccurrence of one gives us no information about the likliness of occurrence for the other.  
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Formula for an independent event   P(A)= P(A given B)= P(A not given B)  
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definition of dependent events   Occurrence of 1 event does have an effect on the probability of occurrence of the other event  
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Special Multiplication rule   In 2 independent events P(A and B)=P(A) x P(B)  
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definition of random variables   A variable that assumes a unique numerical value for each of he outcomes in the sample space of a probability experiment  
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example of random variable   x={0,1,2}  
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definition of discrete random variable   A quantitative random variable that can assume a countable number of values.  
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definition of continuous random variable   A quantitative random variable that can assume an uncountable number of values.  
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example of discrete random variable   number of heads when we flip a coin 10 times  
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example of continuous random variable   distance from earth center to sun center.  
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definition of probability distribution   A set of probabilities associated with each of the values of a random variable. it is a theoretical distribution used to represent populations  
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ways to determine if there is a probability distribution   1) each probability is between 0 and 1 2) the sum of the probabilities is 1  
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definition of probability function   A rule P(x) that assigns probabilities to the values of the random variable x  
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sigma squared   variance  
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sigma   standard deviation  
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MU   mean  
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definition of binomial experiment   an experiment with only 2 outcomes (success of failure). the trials are independent. p= success.  
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MU in a binomial distribution   np  
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variance in a binomial distribution   np(1-p)  
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