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sample space

American  

noun

Mathematics.
  1. the collection of all possible results of an experiment, represented as points.


sample space British  

noun

  1. statistics the set of possible outcomes of an experiment; the range of values of a random variable

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sample space

First recorded in 1950–55

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The sample space S for a probability model is the set of all possible outcomes.

From Textbooks Sep. 23, 2020

To calculate the probability of an event, we divide the number of possible outcomes of the event by the number of possible outcomes of the sample space.

From Textbooks Sep. 23, 2020

It is defined by its sample space, events within the sample space, and probabilities associated with each event.

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It is a subset of the sample space, so uppercase letters like A and B are commonly used to represent events.

From Textbooks Mar. 27, 2020

The Health Index Scores are the sample space.

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