EE 391 -
Probability Theory
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Sample Space
uS
is the collection or set of all possible outcomes of an experiment. It is the universal set for this
experiment.
–Discrete
Sample Space: Finite or countably infinite
set. (e.g. faces of a die, the
positive integers, students in this class)
–Continuous
Sample Space: not countable. (e.g. the real line,
battery voltage in a car)