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Events are said to be independent if the occurrence of one does not influence the probability that the others will occur.

Independent events is a college-level concept that would be first encountered in a probability and statistics course. It is an Advanced Placement Statistics topic and is listed in the California State Standards for Probability and Statistics.

Prerequisites

Probability: Probability is the branch of mathematics that studies the possible outcomes of given events together with the outcomes' relative likelihoods and distributions.

Classroom Articles on Probability and Statistics (Up to College Level)

  • Arithmetic Mean
  • Mode
  • Binomial Distribution
  • Moment
  • Box-and-Whisker Plot
  • Normal Distribution
  • Central Limit Theorem
  • Outlier
  • Chi-Squared Test
  • Paired t-Test
  • Conditional Probability
  • Poisson Distribution
  • Confidence Interval
  • Problem
  • Correlation Coefficient
  • Sample
  • Covariance
  • Scatter Diagram
  • Erf
  • Standard Deviation
  • Histogram
  • Statistical Test
  • Hypothesis
  • Statistics
  • Law of Large Numbers
  • Uniform Distribution
  • Least Squares Fitting
  • Variance
  • Mean
  • z-Score
  • Median