Statistics - probability

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  • Created on: 29-03-13 00:02
Probability is...
A measure of how likely an event is
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A sample space is...
A list of all possible outcomes
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Probabilities and odds can be written as...
Ratios
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If a spinner is biased...
You are more likely to recieve one outcome
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When two events cannot happen at the same time they are...
Mutally exclusive - e.g. A dice is thrown once, what is the probability of rolling a two or a multiple of three?
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If one of the events must occur, they are called...
Exhaustive events, e.g. A card is drawn from a regular pack. What is the probability of picking a spade, a heart, a club or a diamond? There are no other probabilities so the probability of one of the events happening is 1 (no other possibilities)
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Probability of an event that depends on the outcome of another is called...
Conditional probability
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When a trial has two possible outcomes (e.g. coin toss) you can use the ________ __________ to work out the overall outcome from n trials
Binomial Distribution (e.g. coin toss - can use B.D to calculate the probability of a coin landing on heads 4 times out of 10 tosses)
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Card 2

Front

A sample space is...

Back

A list of all possible outcomes

Card 3

Front

Probabilities and odds can be written as...

Back

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Card 4

Front

If a spinner is biased...

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

When two events cannot happen at the same time they are...

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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