combination
selection of objects in groups where order does not matter
complement of an event
all outcomes in the sample space that are not the event
dependent events
events in an experiment in which the result of one event affects the probabilities of another event
event
subset of the outcomes in the sample space of an experiment
experiment
activity involving chance in which the outcomes are used to estimate probability
experimental probability
estimate of the likelihood of an event that is based on observations in an experiment
factorial
product of all natural numbers less than or equal to the indicated natural number. The factorial of zero is defined as one.
independent events
events in an experiment in which the result of one event does not affect the probability of another event
multiplication principle
for a process involving two steps, if there are ways to do step 1 and ways to do step 2, then there are ways to complete the process. When there are more than two steps, multiply the number of ways each step can be done.
mutually exclusive events
events in an experiment that cannot occur at the same time
mutually inclusive events
events in an experiment that may occur at the same time
outcome
possible result of an experiment
permutation
selection and arrangement of objects in a certain order
probability
likelihood that an event will happen
probability model
list of all possible outcomes of an experiment with their corresponding probabilities
sample space
set of all possible outcomes in an experiment
set
collection of objects
theoretical probability
likelihood of an event that is determined by using a model
tree diagram
diagram that displays the sample space of an experiment so that the possible outcomes can be determined and counted