a list of all possible outcomes of an experiment is called a sample space.
a list of all possible outcomes of an experiment is called a sample space.
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a sample space
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in probability theory, an experiment or trial (see below) is any procedure that can be infinitely repeated and has a well-defined set of possible outcomes, known as the sample space. an experiment is said to be "random" if it has more than one possible outcome, and "deterministic" if it has only one. a random experiment that has exactly two (mutually exclusive) possible outcomes is known as a bernoulli trial.
experiment (probability theory)
the authors argue that the first formulation gives the reader the mistaken impression that there are two possible outcomes for the "other child", whereas the second formulation gives the reader the impression that there are four possible outcomes, of which one has been rejected (resulting in being the probability of both children being boys, as there are 3 remaining possible outcomes, only one of which is that both of the children are boys). the study found that 85% of participants answered for the first formulation, while only 39% responded that way to the second formulation. the authors argued that the reason people respond differently to each question (along with other similar problems, such as the monty hall problem and the bertrand's box paradox) is because of the use of naive heuristics that fail to properly define the number of possible outcomes.
boy or girl paradox