Chap. 13 Vocabulary

Question 1

The set of all possible outcomes is the _____ _____.

Answer 1

sample space

Question 2

A _____ is a selection of items in which order is not important.

Answer 2

combination

Question 3

A _____ _____ shows the probability of each possible outcome.

Answer 3

probability distribution

Question 4

_____ _____ describes the likelihood of an event based on mathematical reasoning.

Answer 4

theoretical probability

Question 5

A _____ ______ is a data display that shows how often an item appears in a category.

Answer 5

frequency table

Question 6

_____ ______ is the ratio of the frequency of the category to the total frequency.

Answer 6

relative frequency

Question 7

A _____ is an arrangement of items in which the order of the objects is important.

Answer 7

permutation

Question 8

An _____ is the possible result of a situation or experiment.

Answer 8

outcome

Question 9

An _____ may be a single outcome or a group of outcomes.

Answer 9

event

Question 10

For any positive integer n, _____ _____ is n!

Answer 10

n factorial

Question 11

The _____ _____ ______ ______ consists of all of the possible outcomes in the sample space that are not part of an event.

Answer 11

complement of an event

Question 12

If the outcomes in a sample space are equally likely to occur, the ______ of an event is a numerical value from 0 to 1 that measures the likelihood of an event.

Answer 12

probability

Question 13

The _____ ______ _____ says that if event M occurs in m ways and event N occurs in n ways, the event M followed by event N can occur in m*n ways.

Answer 13

fundamental counting principle

Question 14

_____ _____ of an event measures the likelihood that the event occurs based on the actual results of an experiment.

Answer 14

experimental probability