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Step 6 Objective

Estimate probabilities from experimental data; understand that:

• if an experiment is repeated, there will be different outcomes;
• increasing the number of times an experiment is repeated generally leads to better estimates of probability.

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Step 6 Objective – Estimate probabilities from experimental data; understand that:

• if an experiment is repeated, there will be different outcomes;
• increasing the number of times an experiment is repeated generally leads to better estimates of probability.

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