P1
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record, describe and analyse the frequency of outcomes of probability experiments using tables and frequency trees | | |
Notes : probabilities should be written as fractions, decimals or percentages.
P2
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apply ideas of randomness, fairness and equally likely events to calculate expected outcomes of multiple future experiments | | |
P3
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relate relative expected frequencies to theoretical probability, using appropriate language and the 0 to 1 probability scale | | |
P4
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apply the property that the probabilities of an exhaustive set of outcomes sum to 1 apply the property that the probabilities of an exhaustive set of mutually exclusive events sum to 1 | | |
P5
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| understand that empirical unbiased samples tend towards theoretical probability distributions, with increasing sample size | |
P6
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enumerate sets and combinations of sets systematically, using tables, grids, Venn diagrams | including using tree diagrams | |
P7
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construct theoretical possibility spaces for single and combined experiments with equally likely outcomes and use these to calculate theoretical probabilities | | |
P8
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| calculate the probability of independent and dependent combined events, including using tree diagrams and other representations, and know the underlying assumptions | |
Notes : including knowing when to add and when to multiply two or more probabilities.
P9
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| | calculate and interpret conditional probabilities through representation using expected frequencies with two-way tables, tree diagrams and Venn diagrams |