Section 3.2: Fundamentals (of Probability)

1. Define event, simple event, and sample space.
2. Explain the relative frequency definition of probability.
3. Estimate probabilities as relative frequencies given frequency data.
4. Determine the events from a word problem (like the examples on page 95 - 97 and the homework) and compute the probability of an event using the classical approach to probability.
5. Specify the allowed range for a probability, and identify probabilities associated with certain, likely, unlikely, and impossible events.
6. Convert from probabilities given as proportions to probabilities given as percentages and vice versa.
7. Relate the probability that an event does not occur to the probability that the event does occur.

Section 3.3: Addition Rule (of Probability)

1. Define a compound event.
2. Explain the meaning of ‘or’ in the statement “\(A\) or \(B\)” occurs, where \(A\) and \(B\) are events. Important: It is not the common English meaning of ‘or’.
3. State the addition rule for probabilities.
4. Use Venn diagrams to reason about the probability of compound events.
5. Compute the probability of compound events, given the appropriate frequencies.
6. Define complementary events, and relate the probability of an event to the probability of its complement.