Probability

Question 1

Experiment

Answer 1

repeatable process that gives rise to a number of outcomes

Question 2

Event

Answer 2

collection of one or more outcomes

Question 3

Sample Space

Answer 3

set of all possible outcomes

Question 4

Random variable

Answer 4

variable whose value depends on the outcome of a random event

Question 5

Probability Distribution

Answer 5

fully describes the probability of any outcomes in the sample space

Question 6

Discrete Uniform Distribution

Answer 6

when all probabilities are the same

Question 7

You can model X with a binomial distribution B(n,p) if:

Answer 7

• there are a fixed number of trials
• there are two possible outcomes (success and failure)
• there is a fixed probability of success, p
• the trials are independent of each other