2-6 and 2-7 vocabulary

10/27/2010

 
Vocabulary Words

 

Probability-  how likely it is that something will occur

Outcome-  the result of a single trial

Sample space-  all possible outcomes of an event

Event-  any group of outcomes in a set with probability

Theoretical probability-  the ratio of the number of outcomes
 
Experimental probability-  probability based on data collected from 
                                          repeated trials 

Odds-  describes the likelihood of an event by comparing favorable and      
            unfavorable outcomes

 

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10/15/2010

 
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