Math Term 3 vocab Flashcards
What is probability?
The likelihood of an event occurring. It is expressed as a fraction, decimal, or percentage.
A numerical value for how likely an event is to occur.
What is an outcome?
A possible result of an experiment or event.
What is sample space?
The set of all possible outcomes in a random experiment.
What is an event?
A specific outcome or a combination of outcomes from the sample space.
A group of outcomes described by one probability value.
What is an experiment?
A process or activity that produces outcomes.
A repeatable scientific step to find the probabilty of an event occurring.
What is a random variable?
A variable whose value depends on the outcome of a random experiment.
What is frequency?
The number of times an event occurs in a data set or experiment.
What is the Mean?
The sum of all values divided by the total number of values.
What is the Median?
The middle value in a data set when arranged in ascending order.
What is the Mode?
The value(s) that occur most frequently in a data set.
What is the range?
The difference between the maximum and minimum values in a data set.
What is Data Distribution?
The pattern of how data values are spread out in a data set.
