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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For example, the sample space for rolling a dice is the set 1,2,3,4,5,6.This notation is referred to as roster notation.

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An event A is a subset of the sample space S. For example, the event “Rolling an even number” is the subset 2,4,6.

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

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Start by drawing a rectangle to represent the sample space.

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There are four main ways to represent a sample space:

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