Sample Space

Updated 01 Oct 2026

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What it is
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  the set $\Omega$ of all possible outcomes of a specified Experiment (Probability)
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Example
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  two distinguishable fair dice have $36$ equally likely ordered outcomes $(i, i)$
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  their possible sums $2, \ldots,12$ are not equally likely: six ordered outcomes produce $7$ , but only one produces $2$
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Related
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  an Event (Probability) is a subset of the sample spcae

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