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often used as an alternative word to "probability" |
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a situation in which we are interested in the fraction of the number of repetitions of a particular process that produces a particular result when repeated under identical circumstances a large number of times |
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a process undertaken a large number of times, together with the results |
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a result of an experiment |
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an outcome or a set of outcomes of a designated type
a specific type of outcome |
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the fraction of the times the event will occur when some process is repeated a large number of times |
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a probability that can be arrived at by knowledge based on a theory of what is like to occur in a situation
what "should" happen |
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experimental (empirical) probability |
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the fraction of times the particular event occurs after undertaking a process a large numbers of times
what "did" happen |
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the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment |
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another name for the probability of an event
synonymous with experimental probability |
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probability of an event (if all events are equally likely) |
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P(A) = (number of times A happens) / (total number of outcomes in the sample space) |
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a visual representation of the probabilities of a sample space |
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when the probabilities of all events are equal |
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a number or object from a set of numbers or objects that has a chance of being selected that is equal to that of any other number or object in the set |
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table of randomly selected digits (TRSD) |
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a table that can be used when doing simulations in order to approximate randomness |
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the probabilities are preserved since the state of the experiment is returned to the original state |
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drawing without replacement |
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when the probability of an event changes with respect to what has happened before |
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