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3.8: Chapter Review

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    3.1 Introduction

    Key Terms:

    experiment: an activity or process that has a set of well-defined results and can be repeated indefinitely

    outcomes: the results of an experiment

    sample space: the collection of all possible outcomes of the experiment

    event: a set of certain outcomes of an experiment that you want to have happen

    tree diagram: a graphical way of representing a random experiment with multiple steps using branches for outcomes

    3.2 Three Types of Probability

    Key Terms:

    probability: the likelihood of an event happening

    theoretical probability (classical approach): the probability calculated from the number of favorable outcomes divided by the total number of outcomes when each outcome has an equal probability

    empirical (experimental) probability: the probability calculated by finding the relative frequency of an event from performing an experiment many times

    Law of Large Numbers: as n increases, the relative frequency tends toward the theoretical probability

    subjective probability: the probability of an event is estimated using previous knowledge and is someone’s opinion

    Formulas:

    Theoretical Probability: \(P(A) = \dfrac{\text{Number of ways A can occur}}{\text{Number of different outcomes in S}}\)

    Empirical Probability: \(P(A) = \dfrac{\text{Number of times A occurred}}{\text{Number of times the experiment was repeated}}\)

    3.3 Complement Rule

    Key Terms:

    complementary events: events that have no outcomes in common and together make up the entire sample space

    Venn diagram: a visual way to represent sets and probability using a rectangle to represent the sample space and circles to represent events

    Formulas:

    Complement Rule: P(A) + P(A’) = 1 or P(A) = 1 – P(A’) or P(A’) = 1 – P(A)

    3.4 Union and Intersection

    Key Terms:

    mutually exclusive (disjoint) events: events that cannot occur at the same time

    intersection: where two events overlap and happen at the same time

    union: the junction of two events including their intersection

    Formulas:

    Mutually Exclusive Events: \(P(A \cap B) = 0\)

    Addition Rule for Not Mutually Exclusive Events: \(P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cap B) \)

    Addition Rule for Mutually Exclusive Events: \(P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) \)

    3.5 Independent Events

    Key Terms:

    independent events: two events that are not related and the outcome of one event does not affect the probability of the other event

    dependent events: two events that are related and the outcome of one event does affect the probability of the other event

    Formulas:

    Multiplication Rule for Independent Events: \(P(A \cap B) = P(A) \cdot P(B) \)

    Probability of “at least one”: P(at least one) = 1 – P(none)

    3.6 Conditional Probability

    Key Terms:

    conditional probability: the probability of an event happening, given that another event already happened

    Formulas:

    General Multiplication Rule: \(P(A \cap B) = P(A) \cdot P(B|A) \)

    Conditional Probability Rule: \(P(A|B) = \dfrac{P(A \cap B)}{P(B)} \) or \(P(B|A) = \dfrac{P(A \cap B)}{P(A)} \)

    3.7 Counting Rules

    Key Terms:

    Fundamental Counting Rule: the number of ways to do event 1, 2, … n together would be to multiply the number of ways each event can be done, m1 · m2 · … · mn

    factorial: the mathematical way to multiply a list of decreasing numbers

    permutation: an arrangement of items with a specific order

    combination: an arrangement of items when order is not important

    Formulas:

    Factorial Rule: \(n! = n(n – 1)(n – 2) \ldots \cdot 3 \cdot 2 \cdot 1\)

    Permutation Rule: \( {}_n P_{r} = P(n, r) = \dfrac{n!}{(n - r)!}\)

    Combination Rule: \( {}_n C_{r} = C(n, r) = \dfrac{n!}{r!(n - r)!}\)


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