Deck of cards

Sample Space, Outcomes, and Experiments

Experiment

any procedure that can be infinitely repeated and has a well-defined set of possible outcomes

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Outcome

any possible result of an experiment

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Sample Space

set of all possible outcomes of an experiment

  (cannot be repeated)

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Experiment:

Tossing a coin​

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Outcome:

Head, Tail

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Sample Space:

SS: {Head, Tail}​

Experiment:

Tossing a single die​

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Outcome:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Sample Space:

SS: {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Experiment:

Choosing a letter from the word HAPPINESS

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Outcome:

H, A, P, P, I N, E, S, S

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Sample Space:

SS: {H, A, P, I N, E, S}