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Year 11: Relative Frequency and Probability

Quick questions on Relative frequency and experimental probability for HSC Maths Standard 2

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What is computing relative frequency from a results table?
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Most exam data arrives as a frequency table. The method is always the same three steps:
What is relative frequency as experimental probability?
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When the outcomes are not equally likely, or you simply have no theory to work from - a drawing pin landing point-up, a basketballer sinking a free throw, a household owning a pet - you cannot compute a theoretical probability. So you estimate it from data. The relative frequency you measure is taken as the probability:

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