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Outcome


An outcome is a subset of a probability space. Experimental outcomes are not uniquely determined from the description of an experiment, and must be agreed upon to avoid ambiguity (Papoulis 1984, pp. 24-25).


See also

Event, Experiment, Trial

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References

Papoulis, A. Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Outcome." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Outcome.html

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