Statistical independence

Events are said to be statistically independent if knowledge of the occurrence of one event provides no information concerning the outcome of a second or another event, for example, successive throws of a die or turns of a roulette wheel.

(see also: statistic, Laws of Probability » Probability theory, Probabilistic principle, likelihood, chance, random, standard deviation, distribution, statistical evidence, statistical analysis, sample, Law of large numbers, Margin of error, sample bias, judgement, decision-making, Decision analysis, decision-making under uncertainty, Gambler's fallacy)