alleryStart learning →The probability of any outcome is described as its:
AShort-term absolute count
BOne-off measured result
CTheoretical impossibility
DLong-term relative frequency
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Long-term relative frequency
1. A single trial tells you almost nothing about a probability.
2. The probability of any outcome is the long-term relative frequency of that outcome.
3. Tossing a fair coin four times may not give two heads and two tails.
4. Tossing the same coin 4,000 times will give outcomes close to half heads and half tails.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'Probability Topics', sections 3.1-3.5_
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