ProbabilityandStatistics
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For Chapter 13 Algebra
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Probability | The likelihood of the occurrence of an event. |
| Population | The entire set of cases or individuals under consideration in a statistical study. |
| Fair | Coin where the probability of heads up or tails up are the same. |
| Factorial | The product of an integer and all smaller positive integers. |
| Event | Subset of a sample space. |
| Tree | Diagram used to display all possible outcomes of an event. |
| Whisker | box and ______ plot. |
| Table | Mathematical information in columns and rows. |
| Conditional | A probability based upon the assumption that some event has already occured. |
| Line of best fit | Line that best represents the trend that the points in a scatter plot follow. |
| Combination | A selection of objects where order is irrelevant. |
| Complement | Consisting of all outcomes in the universal set that are not in set A. |
| Sample Space | The set of all possible outcomes of an experiment. |
| Minimum | Smallest number in data set. |
| Outlier | A data point distinctly separate from the rest of the data. |
| Central | Measure of ______ Tendency. |
| Impossible | An event with zero probabilty. |
| Experiment | In probability, the name given to a controlled, repeatable process. |
| Permutation | A selection of objects where order matters. |
| Correlation | The degree to which two variables are associated. |
| Range | A measure of the spread or the dispersion of the observation. |
| Quartile | Values derived from the data which divide the data into 4 equal parts. |
| Statistics | Branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, organization and interpretation of data. |
| Empirical | Probability of an event determined by repeatedly performing an experiment. |
| Histogram | Bar graph presenting frequencies of occurrence of data points. |
| Mean | Average |
| Mutually Exclusive | Events that have no outcomes in common . |
| Counting | Principle used to compute the number of possible outcomes of an experiment. |
| Set | A well defined collection of objects. |
| Median | Middle. |
| Mode | The number occurring the most often. |
| Scatter Plot | A graph of paired data in which the data values are plotted as points. |
| Dependent | Events where one affects the probability of the other. |
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