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The process that would generate an outcome determined purely by chance for a math quiz at Quince Orchard.
What is a random process?
The probability that the reason a Quince Orchard student is late to class is because of the hallway traffic is 0.41. In context what does this probability mean?
In a very long series of trials, there is a 41% likelihood that the student will be late to class because of the hallway traffic.
A number between 0 and 1 describes the proportion of times a QO basketball player shoots the ball in the net in a very long series of trials.
What is probability?
Why would performing trials for a long period be important to find the probability of a QO student missing the bus in the morning?
The more trials done, the more likely that the results are accurate and that the probability represents reality.
A repetition of a random process, done to measure the likelihood of getting out of the Quince Orchard parking lot in less than 3 minutes.
What is a trial?
A Quince Orchard student may use this process to imitate a random process and to estimate probabilities.
What is a simulation?
A Quince Orchard teacher explains how in many trials of the same random process, the proportion of times that a particular outcome occurs will approach its probability. What is this teacher referring to?
What is the law of large numbers?