Ch5:Probability

Cards (10)

  • Sample space definition
    The set of all possible outcomes
  • event definition
    Collection of one or more outcomes
  • experiment definition
    a repeatable process that gives rise to a number of outcomes
  • when a venn diagram has A N B, where is it?

    in the centre of the 2 circles
  • when the venn diagram is A U B , where is it?
    within either or both of the circles
  • when an event is A’ where is it in a vent diagram
    anywhere not in the A circle
  • mutually exclusive event definition

    When events have no outcomes in common
  • for mutually exclusive event, P(A N B) =…

    P(A) + P(B)
  • Independent event definition
    when one event has no effect on another
  • for independent events, P(A N B) =…

    P(A) x P(B)