compound event | an event with more than one outcome |
equally likely | having the same likelihood of occurring, such that in a large number of trials, two equally likely outcomes would happen roughly the same number of times |
event | a collection of possible outcomes, often describable using a common characteristic, such as rolling an even number with a die or picking a card from a specific suit |
event space | the set of possible outcomes in an event: for example, the event “rolling an even number” on a die has the event space of 2, 4, and 6 |
Fundamental Counting Principle | a way to find the number of outcomes in a sample space by finding the product of the number of outcomes for each element |
outcome | a result of a trial |
probability | a measure of how likely it is that something will occur |
random | unable to be predicted with certainty |
sample space | the set of all outcomes |
simple event | an event with only one outcome |
tree diagram | a diagram that shows the choices or random outcomes from multiple elements, using branches for each new element |
trial | a random action or series of actions |