Judge each probability claim

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   P(S) = 1 for the sample space S of a random experiment.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   An outcome may be given the probability 3/2.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The probability of the impossible event is 0.

4. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   An outcome may be given a negative probability.

5. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The probabilities of all the outcomes of a sample space add up to 1.

6. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   There is only one valid way to assign probabilities to a coin toss.

Instructions

Tap true or false for each claim about assigning probabilities to outcomes.

Explanation