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The type of probability based on the results of a series of trials?
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Empirical or experimental probability.
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What probability is based on repeated trials of an experiment?
Experimental Probability
What is called probability that is based on repeated trials of an experiment?
The probability that is based on repeated trials of an experiment is called empirical or experimental probability. It is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of trials conducted. As more trials are performed, the empirical probability tends to converge to the theoretical probability.
What is a probability is based on repeated trials of an experiment?
It is empirical (or experimental) probability.
What happens to theoretical and experimental probability when you increase the number of trials?
When you increase the number of trials of an aleatory experiment, the experimental probability that is based on the number of trials will approach the theoretical probability.
What does the Empirical Rule indicate?
An empirical rule indicates a probability distribution function for a variable which is based on repeated trials.
In an experiment are 30 trials as good as 500 trials to predict the chance of a result?
No. The more trials the better. You can only estimate the probability of an outcome based on the data from experimentation. But if you find that the percentage in 90 trials is practically identical to the percentage in 30 trials, that is an indication that the percentage will hold true for even larger numbers of trials.
What can you do to get the experimental probability to be closer to the theoretical probability?
The experimental probability is figured out when a person goes through the trouble of actually trying it out. Theoretical probability is when a person comes to a conclusion of what is most likely, based off of the experiment results.
How many times would you expect draw the ace of spades if you have 13 cards in each of four suits and draw one card?
The probability of drawing the Ace of Spades from a standard deck of 52 cards is 1 in 52, or about 0.01923. However, the number of times you can expect to draw it depends on random statistics. If you tested this a large number of times, shuffling the deck each time, you would expect about 1 out of every 52 trials to be the Ace of Spades, but that would only be in the long run, say for thousands and thousands of trials, and even then, it would not be exact. This is the difference between theoretical probability and experimental probability. Theoretical probability is based on pure statistics and the arrangement of the test. All you can say is that, for an infinite number of trials, you would expect 1 out of 52. In the case of experimental probability, you are limited by the number of trials that you can perform. Lets say you ran 10,000 trials. Theoretically, you would expect to draw the Ace of Spades about 192 times. In practice, you would have a range of results.
How would one intreprete a p value of 0.000?
Probability = 0 can be interpreted as an outcome that can not occur after infinite independent trials. A relative frequency (also termed an empirical or experimental probability) of zero, even after a large number of trials, can not have the same interpretation. If, after say a million trials, a particular outcome has not occurred, the correct interpretation based solely on the data, is that the outcome is highly unlikely to occur, but not impossible. The conclusion of "impossible to occur" and "highly unlikely to occur" are mutually exclusive conclusions. If an event is highly unlikely to occur, then there exists a probability > 0 of occurring, and after infinite trials, this event must occur.
What is probability that is based on data?
It is called 'Experimental Probability'.
Difference between objective probability and subjective probability?
Objective probability is based on some basis of fact, experimentation, or analysis. Subjective probability is based on someones guess.
What is the probability of a probability that is based on repetitions of an actual experiment?
Experimental
