| A | B |
| Random | particular values that will happen are unknown |
| Random numbers | several internet sites offer unlimited supply of these |
| simulation | model real world events with random numbers |
| simulation component | most basic situation in a simulation in which something happens at random |
| outcome | an individual of a component of a simulation |
| trial | the sequence of several components representing events that we are pretending will take place |
| response variable | values of the response variable record the results of each trial with respect to what we were interested in |
| seven | number of times a deck of cards need to be shuffled to be random |