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Statistics 2301
Lectures 16-22
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Mathematics
Undergraduate 2
11/03/2008

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Term
Random Phenomenon
Definition
  • the proportion of times that something happens is highly random and variable in the short run but very predictable in the long run
  • individual outcomes are unpredictable
Term
Sample Space
Definition
Set of all possible outcomes (S)
Term
Event
Definition
  • an outcome or a set of outcomes of a random phenomenon
  • a subset of the sample space
Term
Probability Model
Definition
a mathematical description of a random phenomenon consisting of a sample space and a way of assigning probabilities to events
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Independence
Definition
Two events A & B are ____ if knowing that one even alone did or did not occur tells us nothing about the occurence of the other event
Term
dependent
Definition
disjoint = ?
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