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  2. Independence (probability theory) - Wikipedia

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    Independence is a fundamental notion in probability theory, as in statistics and the theory of stochastic processes.Two events are independent, statistically independent, or stochastically independent [1] if, informally speaking, the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of occurrence of the other or, equivalently, does not affect the odds.

  3. Mutual exclusivity - Wikipedia

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    In logic, two propositions and are mutually exclusive if it is not logically possible for them to be true at the same time; that is, () is a tautology. To say that more than two propositions are mutually exclusive, depending on the context, means either 1. "() () is a tautology" (it is not logically possible for more than one proposition to be true) or 2. "() is a tautology" (it is not ...

  4. Probability - Wikipedia

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    To qualify as a probability, the assignment of values must satisfy the requirement that for any collection of mutually exclusive events (events with no common results, such as the events {1,6}, {3}, and {2,4}), the probability that at least one of the events will occur is given by the sum of the probabilities of all the individual events. [28]

  5. Probability space - Wikipedia

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    Two events, A and B are said to be mutually exclusive or disjoint if the occurrence of one implies the non-occurrence of the other, i.e., their intersection is empty. This is a stronger condition than the probability of their intersection being zero. If A and B are disjoint events, then P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B). This extends to a (finite or ...

  6. Collectively exhaustive events - Wikipedia

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    Another example of events being collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive at same time are, event "even" (2,4 or 6) and event "odd" (1,3 or 5) in a random experiment of rolling a six-sided die. These both events are mutually exclusive because even and odd outcome can never occur at same time. The union of both "even" and "odd" events give ...

  7. Probability theory - Wikipedia

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    This is the same as saying that the probability of event {1,2,3,4,6} is 5/6. This event encompasses the possibility of any number except five being rolled. The mutually exclusive event {5} has a probability of 1/6, and the event {1,2,3,4,5,6} has a probability of 1, that is, absolute certainty.

  8. Conditional probability - Wikipedia

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    Independent events vs. mutually exclusive events The concepts of mutually independent events and mutually exclusive events are separate and distinct. The following table contrasts results for the two cases (provided that the probability of the conditioning event is not zero).

  9. Law of total probability - Wikipedia

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    The law of total probability is [1] a theorem that states, in its discrete case, if {: =,,, …} is a finite or countably infinite set of mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive events, then for any event () = ()