Basic Probability Vocabulary
The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment.
What is a sample space?
P(E') = 1- P(E)
What is the complementary event?
The event of getting two aces when two cards are drawn from a deck of playing cards and the first card is replaced before a second card is drawn.
What is independent event?
The probability that event A or B will occur and the events are not mutually exclusive.
What is P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B) - P (A and B ) ?
10*9*8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=3,628,800
What is 10!
Probabilities in which the observations obtained from experiments.
What is Empirical Probability?
A jack of club is drawn from a 52 playing card deck.
What is the probability of 1/ 52 or 0.019
A coin tossed a head and a die rolled a 4.
What is the probability of 1/12 or .083?
Used to find the probability of at least one or two events occurring
What is the addition rule?
A group of 20 people are going to run a race. The top 3 runners earn gold, silver, and bronze medals.
What is permutation?
Probabilities in which each outcome in a sample space is equally likely to occur.
What is classical probability?
A diamond is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards.
What is the probability of 13/52 or 0.25
A car company has 4 designs each of which can be modeled as a sedan or SUV. There are 9 colors available. The number of different cars available from this company.
What are 72 cars?
You roll a die. The die was either a 3 or an odd number.
What is the probability of 3/6 or 0.5 ?
5 new babies are randomly selected. The number of gender sequences possible.
What is 120?
Increasing the number of experiments the event approaches the theoretical probability
What is the law of large numbers?
A randomly selected student graduates with his/her masters and majors in English and Engineering.
Distribution Chart w/ Majors - Math : 20, English 15, Engineering : 12, Business: 21, Education : 4
What is 0.0347 ?
You are dealt two cards successively without replacement from a standard deck of 52. The first card is a heart and the second card is a 5.
What is 0.0196?
Event A: Randomly select a male psychology major.
Event B: Randomly select a psychology major who is 20 years of age.
What is not mutually exclusive?
A group of 20 people are going to run a race. The top 9 finishers advance to the finals.
What is 20 C 9 = 167,960 ?
Two events that cannot happen at the same time.
What are two mutually exclusive events?
The number of ways a six question true or false quiz can be answered.
What is 64?
The probability that a particular rotator cuff surgery is successful is .90. The last three surgeries are successful.
What is the probability of 0.729?
A card is selected at random from a deck. Randomly selecting a club or a 3.
What is 0.25?
7P3/ 12P4
What is 0.018