Independence: Two events are independent if knowing one occurred does not change the probability of the other: P(A given B) = P(A).
How to apply it: Test independence by checking whether P(A and B) = P(A) times P(B); do not confuse with mutually exclusive.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
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