STATS2

sample space

set of all possible outcomes of any experiment

variable

characteristic attribute that can assume different values

discrete probability distribution or probability mass function

consists of values a random variable can assume and the corresponding probabilities of values

normal distribution

continuous distribution of data that has the shape of a symmetrical curve bell

Dr. D. Moivre in 1733

was developed by

Gauss (1809) and Pascal (1812)

rediscovered by ________ and again

Gaussian Distribution after Karl F Gauss

also called ________ after _______ who created the mathematical formula