[EDA] Chapter 2 Flashcards
likelihood or chance of an event occurring
Probability
used to describe any process that generates a set of data
experiment
conists of a set of possible outcomes of a probability experiment. Can be one outcome or more than one outcome
Event
An event with one outcome
Simple Event
An event with more than one outcome
Compound Event
set of all possible outcomes or results of a random experiment
Sample space
a subset of the sample space that contains no elements and is denoted by the symbol ∅.
Null Space (Empty Space)
an event is having no elements in common
Mutually Exclusive Event
event containing all elements common between events
Intersection
event containing all elements that belong to between events
Union
set of all elements in the sample space S that are not in event A and is denoted by A’
Complement
Probability of an event formula
P(E) = n(E) / n(S)
arrangement of elements in a distinct order
permutation
two outcomes are said to be ___ if knowing that one of the outcomes has occurred affects the probability that the other occurs
dependent