AP Stats Unit 5 Flashcards


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Probability vocabulary
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Probability Distribution

A function that assigns probabilities to each possible outcome of a random variable. (It helps to make a table)

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Random Variable

A variable whose value is a numerical outcome of a random phenomenon.

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Expected value (mean)

The average value of a random variable, calculated by multiplying each outcome by its probability and summing the results.

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Geometric Distribution

A discrete probability distribution describing the number of trials needed to get the first success in a sequence of independent trials.

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Binomial Distribution

A discrete probability distribution describing the number of successes in a sequence of independent trials, each with the same probability of success.

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Central Limit Theorem

A theorem stating that the sampling distribution of the sample mean will be approximately normal, regardless of the population distribution, as long as the sample size is sufficiently large.

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Complement of an Event

the set of all outcomes not defined as successful outcomes for any event

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Conditional probability

the probability of an event occurring if it is known that another specific event has already occured.

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Mutually Exclusive events

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