Probability Vocabulary

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  1. probability
    a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur
    Probability is the branch of mathematics that studies the possible outcomes of given events together with the outcomes' relative likelihoods and distributions.
  2. distribution
    the act of spreading or apportioning
    Probability is the branch of mathematics that studies the possible outcomes of given events together with the outcomes' relative likelihoods and distributions.
  3. outcome
    something that results
    Probability is the branch of mathematics that studies the possible outcomes of given events together with the outcomes' relative likelihoods and distributions.
  4. function
    what something is used for
    A properly normalized function that assigns a probability "density" to each possible outcome within some interval is called a probability density function (or probability distribution function), and its cumulative value (integral for a continuous distribution or sum for a discrete distribution) is called a distribution function (or cumulative distribution function).
  5. event
    something that happens at a given place and time
    Probability is the branch of mathematics that studies the possible outcomes of given events together with the outcomes' relative likelihoods and distributions.
  6. statistics
    a branch of mathematics concerned with quantitative data
    The analysis of events governed by probability is called statistics.
  7. percentage
    a proportion in relation to a whole
    In common usage, the word "probability" is used to mean the chance that a particular event (or set of events) will occur expressed on a linear scale from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty), also expressed as a percentage between 0 and 100%.
  8. sum
    a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
    A properly normalized function that assigns a probability "density" to each possible outcome within some interval is called a probability density function (or probability distribution function), and its cumulative value (integral for a continuous distribution or sum for a discrete distribution) is called a distribution function (or cumulative distribution function).
  9. mean
    denote or connote
    In common usage, the word "probability" is used to mean the chance that a particular event (or set of events) will occur expressed on a linear scale from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty), also expressed as a percentage between 0 and 100%.
Created on Wed Jun 09 11:35:45 EDT 2010

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