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Sample Space
The roll of a dice
The toss of (flipping) a coin
Random (Statistical) Experiment:
•An experiment <with known outcomes> whose outcome
cannot be predicted with certainty, before the experiment
is run.
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Sample Space
Sample Space (?????? ):•
•
Set of ALLpossible outcomes of a random experiment.
countable infinite set of outcomes.
• A sample space is continuousif it contains an interval
(either finite or infinite) of real numbers.
A sample space is discrete if it consists of a finite or
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Sample Space
Sample Space (?????? ):
?????? = {1,2,3,4,5,6}
• Set of ALLpossible outcomes of a random experiment.
The roll of a dice
Discrete
Each outcome in a sample space is called
an element or a member of the sample
space, or simply a sample point.
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Sample Space
Sample Space (?????? ):
• Set of ALLpossible outcomes of a random experiment.
Flipping a coin
� = {??????�??????�, �??????????????????}
� = {??????, �}
Tree Diagrams:
Sample spaces can also be described graphically with
diagrams.
tree
� = {????????????,??????�,�??????,��}
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Sample Space
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Events
Event ( ):
??????
•A result of none, one, or moreoutcomes in the sample
space. An event is a subset of the sample space of a
random experiment.
The roll of a dice
?????? = {1,2,3,4,5,6}
?????? = {2,4,6}
Even Numbers
Venn Diagrams:
Diagrams are often used to portray relationships between
sets, and these diagrams are also used to describe
relationships between events. We can use Venn diagrams
to represent a sample space and events in a sample space.
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Events
?????? ??????
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Counting Techniques
Multiplication (Product) Rule: Suppose that a procedure
can be broken down into a sequenceof twotasks. If there
are ??????�ways to do the first
task and for each of these ways of doing the first task, there
are ??????�ways to do the second task, then there are ??????�??????�
ways to do the procedure and so forth.
The total number of ways to complete the operation is
??????1×??????2×⋅⋅⋅×????????????
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Counting Techniques
Permutations (1/3):
Another useful calculation finds the number of ordered
sequences of the elements of a set. Consider a set of
.
A permutation of the elements is an ordered sequence of the
elements. For example, ���, ���, ���, ���, ���, and ���are
all of the permutations of the elements of ??????.
elements, such as
?????? = {�, �, �}
3×2×1=6
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Counting Techniques
Permutations (2/3):
Ex.
and
The number of permutations of the four letters
�
.
, , ,
���
will be
4! = 24
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Counting Techniques
Permutations (3/3):
In some situations, we are interested in the number of
arrangements of only some of the elements of a set.
The number of permutations of subsets of ??????elements
selected from a set of ??????different elements is
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Counting Techniques
Permutations of Similar Objects:
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Counting Techniques
Combinations (1/2):
Another counting problem of interest is the number of
subsets of ??????elements that can be selected from a set of ??????
elements. Here, order is not important. These are called
combinations.
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Counting Techniques
Combinations (2/2):
The number of combinations, subsets of ??????elements that
??????
??????
can be selected from a set of ??????elements, is denoted as
or ?????????????????? and
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Probability of an Event
Equally Likely Outcomes:
•
•
?????? ??????
Is a sample space, is an event
??????⊆??????
1≥?????? ?????? ≥0
????????????=
#of outcomes in event(??????)
Total # of outcomes in sample space(??????)
??????
??????
??????
=
??????
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Probability of an Event
Axioms of Probability:
??????is a sample space,
??????⊆??????
????????????=�
??????∅=�
�≤????????????≤�
????????????′=�−??????(??????)
??????is an event