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new words in probability
match the technical words and their meaning
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| random experiment | outcome not able to be predicted |
| sample space | all possible outcomes |
| outcome | result of a trial or experiment |
| Pr = 1 | a certainty |
| Pr = 0 | an impossibilty |
| small value of p | improbable |
| Pr close to 1 | very likely |
| Pr = 0.5 | 50% chance |
| experimental probability | measured from many trials |
| theoretical probability | deduced from theory |
| sum of all possible probabilities | 1 |
| frequency | number of times an outcome happens |
| probability | chance of something happening |
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University Lecturer in Physics and Science Education |
University of Melbourne |
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