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Chapter 4-5

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definition of experiment   show
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Examples of experiment   show
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show the result of an experiment  
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examples of outcomes   show
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show the listing of all possible outcomes  
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Example of sample space flipping a coin   show
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show an outcome or a combo of outcomes  
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Example of event   show
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show "A probability is always a numerical value between 0 and 1"  
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show "The sum of probabilities for all outcomes of an experiment is equal to exactly 1"  
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Empirical approach to probability   show
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Theoretical approach to probability   show
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show Expression of confidence (wheatherman)  
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show number of times A occured/ number of trials  
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Law of Large Numbers   show
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show number of times A occurs in sample space/ number of the elements in the sample space  
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show a to b or a:b  
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show b to a or b:a  
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Proability of event A=   show
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Probability of event A will not occur=   show
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show Probability of an event GIVEN another event has occured  
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definition of complimentary evnet   show
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show If A is heads the Abar is tails  
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Formula for complimentary events   show
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general addition rule: P(A or B)=   show
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show P(A) x P(B given A)  
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definition of mutually exclusive events   show
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show heads or tails, red or black cards, number 2 and 5  
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show 0  
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Definition of an independent event   show
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show P(A)= P(A given B)= P(A not given B)  
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show Occurrence of 1 event does have an effect on the probability of occurrence of the other event  
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show In 2 independent events P(A and B)=P(A) x P(B)  
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show A variable that assumes a unique numerical value for each of he outcomes in the sample space of a probability experiment  
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show x={0,1,2}  
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definition of discrete random variable   show
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definition of continuous random variable   show
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show number of heads when we flip a coin 10 times  
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show distance from earth center to sun center.  
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show A set of probabilities associated with each of the values of a random variable. it is a theoretical distribution used to represent populations  
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show 1) each probability is between 0 and 1 2) the sum of the probabilities is 1  
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show A rule P(x) that assigns probabilities to the values of the random variable x  
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show variance  
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sigma   show
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show mean  
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show an experiment with only 2 outcomes (success of failure). the trials are independent. p= success.  
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show np  
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variance in a binomial distribution   show
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