ch.5 Flashcards
1
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what’s an experiment
A
a repeatable process that gives rise to a number of outcomes
2
Q
what’s an event
A
it’s a collection of one or more outcomes
3
Q
what’s a sample space
A
it’s the set of all possible outcomes
4
Q
what does my tally exclusive mean
A
it means that there’s no closer curves and don’t intersect
5
Q
What’s a random variable
A
It’s a variable represented by a capital letter That takes on values fiat are outcomes of an experiment
6
Q
what are the four things that let u use binomial distribution
A
- there’s a fixed number of trials,n
- there’s two possible outcomes (success and failure)
- there’s a fixed probability of success, p
- the trials are independent of eachother