A First Course in Statistics, 12th Edition

Chapter Notes

Key Terms

• Additive rule of probability 135

• Combinations rule 125

• Combinatorial mathematics 125

• Complement 133

• Complementary events 133

• Compound event 130

• Conditional probability 142

• Dependent events 148

• Event 122

• Experiment 117

• Independent events 148

• Intersection 157

• Law of large numbers 119

• Multiplicative rule of probability 145

• Mutually exclusive events 136

• Odds 164

• Probability rules for sample points 120

• Sample point 117

• Sample space 118

• Tree diagram 147

• Two-way table 132

• Unconditional probabilities 142

• Union 130

• Venn diagram 118

Key Symbols

S	Sample space (collection of all sample points)
$A:\{1,2\}$	Set of sample points in event A
P(A)	Probability of event A
$A\cup B$	Union of events A and B (either A or B occurs) ...