UNIT 8: PROBABILITY 7 TH GRADE MATH MS. CARQUEVILLE
CHAPTER 6-9: PROBABILITY AND PREDICTIONS VOCABULARY
OUTCOMES: POSSIBLE RESULTS OF A PROBABILITY EVENT.
SIMPLE EVENT: THE OUTCOME OR COLLECTION OF OUTCOMES.
SAMPLE SPACE: THE SET OF ALL POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.
THEORETICAL PROBABILITY: WHAT SHOULD OCCUR IN A PROBABILITY EXPERIMENT.
EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILITY: WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURS IN A PROBABILITY EXPERIEMENT.
CHAPTER 12-6: COUNTING OUTCOMES VOCABULARY
TREE DIAGRAM: A DIAGRAM USED TO SHOW THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POSSIBLE OUTCOMES.
CHAPTER 12-8: ODDS VOCABULARY
ODDS: A WAY TO DESCRIBE THE CHANCE OF AN EVENT OCCURRING.
CHAPTER 12-9: PROBABILITY OF COMPOUND EVENTS VOCABULARY
COMPOUND EVENTS: 2 OR MORE SIMPLE EVENTS.
INDEPENDENT EVENTS: TWO OR MORE EVENTS IN WHICH THE OUTCOME OF ONE EVENT DOES NOT INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF THE OTHER EVENT(S).
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE EVENTS: TWO OR MORE EVENTS THAT CANNOT HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.