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Probability & chance

The language of chance and quantifying probability on the 0–1 scale.

Learning sequence 2 concepts

In prerequisite order. Each row is a self-contained “can-do”; open it for the full explanation, examples and resources.

  1. R2.1
    Chance language
    Chance language (certain/possible/impossible; likely/unlikely); intuitively compare the likelihood of events.
     Stage 1–4
  2. R6.1
    Quantifying probability
    Quantify probability on the 0–1 scale; “a chances in b”; Laplace’s rule / equiprobability; list outcomes with tables, trees, and Venn diagrams / sets; the frequentist approach; sample space; probabilities sum to 1.
     Stage 6