sample space

American  

noun

Mathematics.

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

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sample space British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sample space

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

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.

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

Because this is a conditional probability, we restrict the sample space to consider only those outcomes that have a blue marble in the first draw.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

We see that probabilities are nothing more than counting the events in each group we are interested in and dividing by the number of elements in the universe, or sample space.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

It generally consists of a box that represents the sample space S or universe of the objects of interest together with circles or ovals.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017