sample space

American

noun

Mathematics.

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

sample space British

noun

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

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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

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

From Textbooks ● Sep. 23, 2020

There are four main ways to represent a sample space:

From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020

If we are after a probability we really do not need to see each and every element in the sample space, we only need to know how many elements are there.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

There we used tree diagrams to track the changes in the probabilities, because the sample space changed as we drew without replacement.

From Textbooks ● Nov. 29, 2017

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