probability Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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trial
A
the act of doing an experiment in probability
2
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sample space
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the set or list of all possible outcomes
3
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outcome
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one of the possible results in a trial
4
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event
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the occurance of one or more specific outcomes
5
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relative frequency
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a good estimate of the true probability of an event, provided that the number of trials is sufficiently large
6
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mutually exclusive
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two events e and f are said to be mutually exclusive if e intersection f is null
7
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what are independant events
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two events are said to be independant if the occurance of one in no way affects the likelihood of the ocurrence of the other
8
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bournoulli trial
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a trial whose outcome is random and is just one of two possibilities, which are called ‘success’ and ‘failure’
