Question

What is an independent event?

A. an event that is affected by previous events
B. an event that is not affected by any previous event
C. a representation of the possible relationships between two sets of data
D. a set of all possible outcomes from a given experiment

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

B. an event that is not affected by any previous event

In probability theory, independent events are those whose occurrence or non-occurrence does not influence the occurrence of another event.