Probability Vocabulary

the likelihood of an event happening

• probability

• outcome

• event

• trial

a repeatable procedure involving chance that results in one or more possible outcomes

• sample space

• event

• trial

• experiment

one of the possible results of an experiment

• event

• outcome

• trial

• experiment

1. a set of one or more outcomes of an experiment

• event

• outcome

• experiment

• trial

1. the probability of an event when that specific event will definitely happen

• certain

• impossible

• uniform

• non-uniform

1. the probability of an event when that specific event will definitely NOT happen

• certain

• impossible

• uniform

• non-uniform

1. what an experiment is called in probability

• outcome

• event

• trial

• experiment

1.  the probability of an event based on the results from an experiment

• theoretical probability

• experimental probability

• uniform probability

• non-uniform probability

1. the probability of an event based on what is expected to happen in an experiment (the mathematical probability)

• experimental probability

• theoretical probability

• uniform probability

• non-uniform probability

1. the set of all possible outcomes for an experiment

• sample space

• event

• trial

• outcome