The Understanding probability exercise used to appear under the Probability and statistics Math Mission. This exercise helps give a foundational understanding to the concepts of probability.
Types of Problems[]
There are four types of problems in this exercise:
- Determine which is more or less likely: This problem provides two situations. Between them the user is asked to select which event is more or less likely.
Determine which is more or less likely
- Interpret the probability: This problem provides a probability and a multiple select list. The user is asked to use the probability and decide which of the statements are true.
Interpret the probability
- Use probability to determine true statements: This problem provides various statements about probability and the user is asked to select which are true from a multiple select list.
Use probability to determine true statements
- Drag into order: This problem provides various probabilities. The user is asked to drag the probabilities into an increasing order.
Drag into order
Strategies[]
Knowledge of probability would be preferred but unnecessary. This exercise involves part of whole knowledge.
- Every probability will always be between 0 and 1.
- Empirical probabilities are based on experimental or collected data.
- The empirical probability that an event occurs is the number of successes out of the number of trials.