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AP Literature Poetry Vocab Flashcards

12794621987	Diction	the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.	0
12794628416	Tone	the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.	1
12794630134	Mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader	2
12794662298	Rhyme	Repetition of sounds at the end of words	3
12794662299	Alliteration	Repetition of consonant sounds	4
12794663786	Assonance	Repetition of similar vowel sounds	5
12794670081	Consonance	agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.	6
12794676422	Anaphora	The use of a word refering to or replacing a word used earlier in the sentence	7
12794685206	euphony	pleasant, harmonious sound	8
12794688993	cacophony	A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds	9
12794694055	Symbol	A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.	10
12794694056	Metaphor	A comparison without using like or as	11
12794695798	tenor	subject	12
12794701044	vehicle	what the subject is being compared to	13
12794703179	Similie	A comparison using "like" or "as"	14
12794703196	Allusion	A reference to another work of literature, person, or event	15

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12713057409	Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard	Thomas Gray	0
12713057410	To a Mouse	Robert Burns	1
12713057411	The Lamb	William Blake	2
12713057412	The Tyger	William Blake	3
12713057413	The Chimney Sweeper	William Blake	4
12713057414	I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud	William Wordsworth	5
12713057415	Tintern Abbey	William Wordsworth	6
12713057416	Ozymandias	Percy Shelley	7
12713057417	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner	Samuel Taylor Coleridge	8
12713057418	She Walks in Beauty	Lord Byron	9
12713057419	Apostrophe to the Ocean	Lord Byron	10
12713057420	Ode to the West Wind	Percy Shelley	11
12713057421	Ode on a Grecian Urn	Keats	12
12713057422	Frankenstein	Mary Shelley	13
12713057423	Paradise Lost	Milton	14
12713057424	Pilgrim's Progress	Bunyan	15
12713057425	A Modest Proposal	Swift	16
12713057426	Rape of the Lock	Pope	17
12713057427	To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time	Herrick	18
12713057428	To His Coy Mistress	Marvell	19
12713057429	A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning	John Donne	20
12713057430	For Whom the Bell Tolls	John Donne	21
12713057431	Metaphysical Conceit	Donne: objects symbolize human emotion	22
12713057432	metaphysical poetry	Refers to the work of poets like John Donne who explore highly complex, philosophical ideas through extended metaphors and paradox.	23

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14985874983	metamorphosis (noun)	a transformation or dramatic change; mutation	0
14985881412	donnybrook (noun)	a fight; an uproar	1
14985904812	nonchalant (adj)	unconcerned, indifferent	2
14985916700	vestige (noun)	a trace or evidence of something that once existed; remnant	3
14985926955	interlocutor (noun)	someone who participates in a conversation	4
14985934044	procrustean (adj)	strictly disregarding individual differences or circumstances	5
14985944794	stygian (adj)	dark and forbidding	6
14985975593	sophistry (noun)	a deliberately deceptive or misleading argument	7
14985982441	carte blanche (noun)	boundless authority; unlimited power to act	8
14985986645	incantation (noun)	a chant; a recited magical spell	9
14985993432	cosmopolitan (adj)	worldly; sophisticated	10
14985997364	rife (adj)	abundant; prevalent	11
14986003294	nomenclature (noun)	technical names or naming system in an art or science	12
14986008710	brigand (noun)	a robber or bandit	13
14986014303	contemptuous (adj)	scornful;haughty	14

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14664832843	adage	a proverb or wise saying commonly used (ex: Things are not always as they seem.)	0
14664832844	allegory	a story in which people, things and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning.(fables, parables, apologue have meanings on two or more levels.)	1
14664832845	alliteration	words used in quick succession and begin with letters belonging to the same sound group; a repetition of similar sounds/letters in the sentence. (Wicked witch of the west went her own way.)	2
14664832846	allusion	a passing reference to a commonly-known historical, cultural, religious, literary, or mythical person, place, event, or work of art, whereby the reader must make the connection within the current text.	3
14664832847	ambiguity	multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, passage or sentence; can lead reader toward uncertainty of meaning	4
14664832848	analogy	establishing a relationship based on similarities between two concepts or ideas; helps convey meaning of a new idea	5
14664832849	anaphora	the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect; most commonly found in the Bible (O Lord,.for I am weak.O Lord, heal me. O Lord, have mercy on me.)	6
14664832850	anecdote	short and interesting story or an amusing event often proposed to support or demonstrate some point and make readers and listeners laugh; Anecdotes can include an extensive range of tales and stories	7
14664832851	antecedent	word, phrase, or clause that is replaced by a pronoun	8
14664832852	antimetabole	repetition of words in reverse grammatical order; Ex: "Fair is foul and foul is fair."	9
14664832853	antithesis	parallel structures of the contrasted phrases or clauses, i.e. the structures of phrases and clauses are similar in order to draw the attention of the listeners or readers; Ex: "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."	10
14664832854	apostrophe	speaker talks to someone or something that is obviously not present	11
14664832855	appositive	a renaming of a noun or noun phrase immediately after first stating the noun	12
14664832856	archetype	A detail, image, or character type that occurs frequently in literature and myth and is thought to appeal in a universal way to the unconscious and to evoke a response	13
14664832857	argument	a statement put forth and supported by evidence	14
14664832858	asyndeton	author purposely leaves out conjunctions in the sentence, while maintaining the grammatical accuracy of the phrase; shortening the statement for greater impact; "Reduce, reuse, recycle."	15
14664832859	audience	those to whom a piece of literary work is being presented	16
14664832860	cacophony	Tremendous noise, disharmonious sound	17
14664832861	characterization	Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a sense of a character's personality to the reader.	18
14664832862	circumlocution	an indirect or wordy way of expressing an idea which leaves the reader perplexed; exaggeratedly long and complex sentences in order to convey a meaning that could have otherwise been conveyed through a shorter, much simpler sentence	19
14664832863	climax	that point in a plot that creates the greatest intensity, suspense, or interest. Also called "turning point"	20
14664832864	colloquial	Characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing	21
14664832865	concession	An argumentative strategy by which a speaker or writer acknowledges the validity of an opponent's point.	22
14664832866	conceit	A fanciful expression, usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects; unusual and unlikely comparisons between two things	23
14664832867	connotation	associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition	24
14664832868	context	The parts before or after a word or statement that influence its meaning	25
14664832869	counter argument	an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.	26
14664832870	cumulative sentence	a sentence in which the main independent clause is elaborated by the successive addition of modifying clauses or phrases	27
14664832871	denotation	Dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning	28
14664832872	denouement	an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot	29
14664832873	detail	The facts revealed by the author or speaker that support the attitude or tone in a piece of poetry or prose.	30
14664832874	diction	A writer's or speaker's choice of words	31
14664832875	elegy	a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.	32
14664832876	ellipsis	in a sentence, the omission of a word or words replaced by three periods ...	33
14664832877	epic	A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society	34
14664832878	ethos	One of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. Ethos is basically an appeal to credibility. The writer is seeking to convince you that he or she has the background, history, skills, and/or expertise to speak on the issue.	35
14664832879	euphemism	From the Greek for "good speech," euphemisms are a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept - POLITICALLY CORRECT	36
14664832880	exposition	Background information presented in a literary work.	37
14664832881	hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement. (The literal Greek meaning is "overshoot.") Hyperboles often have a comic effect; however, a serious effect is also possible. Often, hyperbole produces irony.	38
14664832882	imagery	use of words and phrases to create "mental images" for the reader; helps the reader visualize more realistically the author's writings through the usage of metaphors, allusions, descriptive words and similes	39
14664832883	imperative sentences	gives a command or request; often subject is understood and sentence ends with !	40
14664832884	inversion	A sentence in which the verb precedes the subject.	41
14664832885	verbal irony	Sarcasm; what is said is the opposite of what is meant	42
14664832886	juxtaposition	placing an idea next to its opposite to emphasize contrast and comparison	43
14664832887	logos	An appeal to reason. Logos is one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. It occurs when a writer tries to convince you of the logic of his argument. writers may use inductive argumentation or deductive argumentation, but they clearly have examples and generally rational tome to their language. The problem with logos is that is can appear reasonable until you dissect the argument and then find fallacies that defeat the viability of the argument on the reader's eyes. Of course, that presupposes that the readers is able to identify the fallacies.	44
14664832888	metaphor	A figurative comparison of two unlike things without using the word like or as	45
14664832889	metonymy	(mĕtŏn′ ĭmē) A term from the Greek meaning "changed label" or "substitute name," metonymy is a figure of speech in which the name of one object is substituted for that of another closely associated with it. For example, a news release that claims "the White House declared" rather than "the President declared" is using metonymy; Shakespeare uses it to signify the male and female sexes in As You Like It: "doublet and hose ought to show itself courageous to petticoat." The substituted term generally carries a more potent emotional impact.	46
14664832890	mood	Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader; using specific diction, description, setting, and characterization to create the atmosphere	47
14664832891	motif	A recurring theme, subject or idea	48
14664832892	narrative	a fiction, nonfiction, poetic, or dramatic story, actual or fictional, expressed orally or in text.	49
14664832893	non sequitur	A statement that does not follow logically from evidence	50
14664832894	occasion	the time and place a speech is given or a piece is written	51
14664832895	onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words. Ex: buzz, hiss, hum, crack, whinny, and murmur.	52
14664832896	organization	In a composition, the arrangement of ideas, incidents, evidence, or details in a perceptible order in a paragraph or essay.	53
14664832897	oxymoron	A figure of speech consisting of two apparently contradictory terms; The richest literary oxymora(paradoxes) seem to reveal a deeper truth through their contradictions. Ex: "without laws, we can have no freedom." Shakespeare's Julius Caesar also makes use of a famous oxymoron: "Cowards die many times before their deaths"	54
14664832898	pace	Speed with which the author delivers the story controlled by language, mood, emotion played out in speech, dialogue, descriptions.	55
14664832899	parable	A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson	56
14664832900	paradox	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.	57
14664832901	parallel structure	repetition of the same pattern of words or phrases within a sentence or passage to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.	58
14664832902	parody	A humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing	59
14664832903	pathos	An appeal to emotion. This is one of the fundamental strategies of argumentation identified by Aristotle. Typically, pathos arguments may use loaded words to make you feel guilty, lonely, worried, insecure, or confused.	60
14664832904	persona	An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting.	61
14664832905	personification	author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	62
14664832906	point of view	Perspective from which a story is told; omniscient point of view= the person telling the story or narrator knows everything that's going on in the story; first- person point of view the narrator is a character in the story; limited third-person point of view the narrator is outside the story- like an omniscient narrator- but tells the story from the vantage point of one character."	63
14664832907	polemic	a controversial argument, esp. attacking a particular opinion	64
14664832908	propaganda	A negative term for writing designed to sway opinion rather than present information.	65
14664832909	prose	written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.	66
14664832910	purpose	One's intention or objective in a speech or piece of writing.	67
14664832911	refutation	The part of an argument wherein a speaker or writer anticipates and counters opposing points of view.	68
14664832912	repetition	Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis	69
14664832913	rhetoric	From the Greek for "orator," this term describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.	70
14664832914	rhetorical appeals	Rhetorical techniques used to persuade an audience by emphasizing what they find most important or compelling. The three major appeals are to ethos (character), logos (reason), and pathos (emotion).	71
14664832915	rhetorical question	A question whose answer is assumed; a rhetorical question is designed to force the reader to respond in a predetermined manner and to propel an argument emotionally.	72
14664832916	rhetorical triangle	A diagram that represents a rhetorical situation as the relationship among the speaker, the subject, and the audience ex:Aristotelian triangle	73
14664832917	satire	A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). It targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals.	74
14664832918	simile	A comparison of two things using like or as	75
14664832919	symbolism	An ordinary object with an extraordinary significance	76
14664832920	synecdoche	A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (as hand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).	77
14664832921	syllogism	A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion.	78
14664832922	syntax	Language rules that govern how words can be combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences	79
14664832923	thesis	Focus statement of an essay; premise statement upon which the point of view or discussion in the essay is based.	80
14664832924	tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	81
14664832925	transition	A word or phrase that links one idea to the next and carries the reader from sentence to sentence, paragraph to paragraph	82
14664832926	voice	In grammar, a term for the relationship between a verb and a noun (active or passive voice). In rhetoric, a distinctive quality in the style and tone of writing.	83

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14725556216	continuous variable	a quantitative variable that has an infinite number of possible values that are not countable	0
14725583219	discrete variable	a quantitative variable that has either a finite number of possible values or a countable number of possible values	1
14725595101	numeric variable	a variable whose values are numbers - also called quantitative variable	2
14725599842	categorical variable	a variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed number of possible values, assigning each individual or other unit of observation to a particular group or nominal category on the basis of some qualitative property	3
14757364844	stemplot	used to display quantitative data, generally from small data sets - numeric data is separated by a vertical line (left = stem & right = leaf)	4
14757371421	circle graph	a graph of data where the entire circle represents the whole or 100%	5
14757373222	time series graph	a graph that measures time on the x-axis and the variable or variables in which we are interested on the y-axis	6
14757374348	frequency	measure of how often a data value occurs	7
14757376297	dot plot	a graphical device that summarizes data by the number of dots above each data value on the horizontal axis	8
14757377360	segmented bar chart	displays the conditional distribution of a categorical variable within each category of another variable	9
14757385119	histogram	used to display large sets of continuous numeric variables - vertical bars are used to divide the data into class intervals or bins - the horizontal axis displays the variable of interest and the vertical axis displays the frequency of each data in the interval	10
14757392281	ogive	a graph that represents the cumulative frequencies for the classes in a frequency distribution	11
14757393851	bar chart	used for categorical data - a chart with bars whose lengths are proportional to quantities	12
14811646207	joint frequency distribution	counts of the events in the body of the table	13
14811663192	marginal frequency distribution	totals of each row and each column representing a variable (marginal distribution)	14
14811674197	counts	numbers of items in each category (frequency)	15
14811678656	table total	totals amounts that all rows (or columns) add up to	16
14811692152	two-way frequency table	a table that contains the counts (frequency) or data and organizes it by categorical variables	17
14811725703	conditional frequency distribution	the counts (frequency) of each entry of a specific column or row total	18
14811772388	two-way relative frequency for whole table	uses relative frequencies instead of counts (frequency) for the whole table - (each count/table total) = the relative frequency	19
14811843599	relative frequency	percentage or ratio	20
14936225009	Q3	75th percentile	21
14936274591	maximum	the largest value in a distibution	22
14936276673	five-number summary	the values that create a boxplot	23
14936281010	outliers	an observation that is more or less than 1.5(IQR) away from the 1st and 3rd quartile	24
14936291896	variance	the average of the squares of the deviations of the observations from their mean	25
14936294675	median	the middle of the data set	26
14936296095	minimum	smallest value in a distribution	27
14936298119	IQR	the middle 50% of the distribution	28
14936307562	standard devation	the square root of the variance	29
15025353919	symmetric	both sides are the same	30
15025367027	skewed right	when the tail is to the right	31
15025370206	variability	the spread - distance values are arranged from each other	32
15025373714	skewed left	when the tail is to the left	33
15025378886	resistant	does not change - not affected by outliers	34
15025435628	SOCS	shape, outliers, center, spread	35
15025498591	quantitative data	numerical data - histogram	36
15025512391	qualitative data	descriptive data	37
15025515534	categorical data	consists of names, labels, or other nonnumerical values - bar chart	38
15079493722	normal proportions	when you have restated the problem in a standard normal variable of Z	39
15079501804	standard deviation	the positive square root of the variance	40
15079509144	A-table	is a table of areas under the standard normal curve	41
15079516895	density curve	a curve with an area of one, all graphed above the x-axis	42
15079537717	normal curve	a density curve where the mean is equal to the median	43
15249175034	mean symbol		44
15249211349	standard deviation symbol		45
15249222943	predicted value symbol		46
15249242292	coefficient of determination symbol		47
15249263203	scatterplot	relationship between to quantitative variable measured on the same subject or individual	48
15249276911	dependent variable	variable that measures an outcome of a study	49
15249284693	least squares regression line equation		50
15249358993	z-scale equation		51
15249367839	mean equation		52
15249374950	variance equation		53
15249382021	standard deviation equation		54
15249389562	independent variable	explanatory variable that attempts to explain the observed outcomes	55
15249399414	LSRL	least squares regression line	56
15249414421	residual equation		57
15249450250	y-axis/vertical axis	response variable usually graphed on this axis	58
15249456233	intercept equation		59
15249475628	regression line	straight line that describes how the y responds to the changed in the explanatory variable x	60
15249491718	x-axis/horizontal axis	explanatory variable usually graphed on this axis	61
15249499291	slope of least squares regression line equation		62
15291910429	bivariate data	data with two variables or pairs of numerical observations.	63
15292167346	correlation coefficient	measures the direction and strength of the linear relationship between two quantitative variables - range between -1 and 1	64
15292173380	residual	observed value of the response variable (y) vs. value predicted by the regression equation	65
15292180520	coefficient of determination	percent of variation explained by the least squares regression line	66
15292194556	correlation	measure the strength and direction between two quantitative variables	67
15292271221	correlation coefficient equation		68
15352274517	exponential transformation	transforming every coordinate (x,y) in a data set by replacing y with log(y) for each data value	69
15352295769	transformation	transforming bivariate data refers to replacing either the variable x, y, or both with a simple function of the variable	70
15352301500	power transformation	transforming every coordinate (x,y) in a data set by replacing x with log(x) and y with log(y) for each data value	71
15530184948	sample	a subset of the population	72
15530184949	treatment	something we do in a group in order to observe the affect	73
15530190857	population	the entire group of individuals	74
15530194374	experiment	a technique for establishing the causal relationship between variables	75
15530200561	explainatory variable	independent variable - influences/affects response variable	76
15530208127	parameter	numerical summary of a population	77
15530210399	observational studies	researchers carefully and systematically observe and record behavior without interfering with behavior	78
15530216851	surveys	questionnaires and interviews that ask people directly about their experiences, attitudes, or opinions	79
15530223368	simulations	experiments where researchers create the situation to be studied	80
15530228023	randomization	a process of randomly assigning subjects to different treatment groups	81
15530231182	statistic	a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample	82
15530235113	census	attempts to contact every individual in the entire population	83
15530239790	response variable	variable that measures an outcome of a study	84
15625243487	systematic sample	a sample drawn by selecting individuals systematically from a sampling frame	85
15625244501	convenience sample	a form of non-probability sample using respondents who are convenient or readily accessible to the researcher - i.e. employees, friends, or relatives	86
15625246019	simple random sample (SRS)	of size n consists of n individuals from the population chosen in such a way that every set of n individuals has an equal chance to be the sample actually selected	87
15625247426	cluster sample	obtained by selecting all individuals within a randomly selected collection or group of individuals	88
15625249932	stratified random sample	a sample from selected subgroups of the target population in which everyone in those subgroups has an equal chance of being included in the research	89
15625252724	voluntary response	sampling design where individuals can choose on their own whether to participate in the sample	90
15625254661	non-response	occurs when an individual chosen for the sample can't be contacted or refuses to participate	91
15625255933	wording of question	the most important influence on the answers given to a sample survey	92
15625256479	undercoverage	occurs when some groups in the population are left out of the process of choosing the sample	93
15718131242	experimental units	the smallest collection of individuals to which treatments are applied	94
15718134415	replicate	to repeat, to copy, or to duplicate	95
15718134416	factors	the explanatory variables in an experiment	96
15718137192	table of random digits	a long string of the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 with these properties - each entry in the table is equally likely to be any of the 10 digits 0 through 9 - the entries are independent of each other	97
15718144754	control group	group that is not exposed to the treatment	98
15718149173	placebo effect	experimental results caused by expectations alone - any effect on behavior caused by the administration of an inert substance or condition, which the recipient assumes is an active agent	99
15847651678	matched pairs design	assigning subjects to groups in which pairs of subjects are first matched on some characteristic and then individually assigned randomly to groups	100
15847654627	double-blind	an observation whose true purpose is hidden from both the observer and the person being observed	101
15847656606	factor	something that contributes to a result	102
15847656939	single-blind	experiment in which either the subjects or those who interact with them and measure the response variable, but not both, know which treatment a subject received	103
15847657582	blocking	grouping of individuals according to some characteristic - the random allocation is carried out separately within each group to remove variability associated with the blocking variable	104
15847659787	confounding	occurs when two variables are associated in such a way that their effects on a response variable cannot be distinguished from each other	105
15954016734	simple event	event consisting of only one outcome	106
15954018834	inclusive events	events that have one or more outcomes in common	107
15954019530	law of large numbers	principle stating that the larger the number of similar exposure units considered - the more closely the losses reported will equal the underlying probability of loss	108
15954021120	mutually exclusive	events that cannot occur at the same time	109
15954023119	tree diagram	diagram used to show the total number of possible outcomes	110
15954025474	multiplication rule	to determine the probability, we multiply the probability of one event by the probability of another	111
15954026078	dependent events	the outcome of one event affects the outcome of the second event	112
15954028818	sample space	the set of all possible outcomes	113
15954029377	contingency tables	provide a format to display observations that have more than one value associated with them	114
15954030376	independent events	the outcome of one event does not affect the outcome of the second event	115
15954031853	addition rule	the probability that any one of two or more mutually exclusive events will occur is calculated by adding their individual probabilities	116
16063497396	conditional events	two events are conditional if the probability of one event changes depending on the outcome of another event	117
16114864107	standard deviation of a probability distribution	a number that measures how far the outcomes of a statistical experiment are from the mean of the distribution	118
16114866014	expected value	the mean of a probability distribution	119
16114868982	discrete random variable	a random variable that may assume either a finite number of values or an infinite sequence of value	120
16114872268	continuous random variable	a random variable that may assume any numerical value in an interval or collection of interval	121
16250037505	mean	average	122
16250042703	linear transformation	a transformation involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division of or by a constant	123
16337989924	geometric probability	events in calculating geometric probability are also independent, however, the trials stop after the first success occurs	124
16338039259	binomial probability	a probability of getting one of two outcomes (like heads or tails) - success and failure	125
16474111025	continuous random variables	can take up any value between two intervals	126
16474116516	empirical rule	gives the approximate % of observations - 1 standard deviation (68%), 2 standard deviations (95%) and 3 standard deviations (99.7%) of the mean	127
16474120153	normal distribution	function that represents the distribution of variables as a symmetrical bell-shaped graph	128
16474123109	z-score	a measure of how many standard deviations you are away from the mean	129
16569821116	sampling distribution	the distribution of values taken by the statistic in all possible samples of the same size from the same population	130
16569821579	unbiased estimator	the estimator is equal to the true value of the parameter	131
16569825639	Sx	the standard deviation	132
16569826128	standard deviation of the population	σ	133
16569826436	sampling variability	the value of a statistic varies in repeated random sampling	134
16569826454	mean of the population	μ	135
16569827088	x-bar	mean of a sample	136
16569829522	p-hat	sample proportion	137
16569831761	p	the population proportion of a characteristic of interest	138
16602086041	CLT	central limit theorem	139
16602089215	standard deviation of the mean		140