Introduction to Probability Vocabulary

the result of an experiment

• event

• probability

• outcome

• sample space

the measure of the likelihood that an event will occur

• event

• probability

• outcome

• sample space

a situation involving chance that leads to results

• event

• experiment

• simple event

• sample space

an event consisting of one outcome

• event

• experiment

• simple event

• sample space

one of the possible outcomes for a given situation

• event

• experiment

• simple event

• complementary events

two events that together contain all of the outcomes in a sample space

• event

• experiment

• simple event

• complementary events

a list of all possible outcomes of an experiment

• event

• experiment

• simple event

• sample space

a number that cannot be divided by 2

• even

• consonant

• odd

• vowel

a whole number that can be divided by 2 without a remainder

• even

• consonant

• odd

• vowel

a, e, i, o, u

• even

• consonant

• odd

• vowel