Glossary. Calcitonin is a hormone known to participate in calcium and phosphorus metabolism. In mammals, the major source of calcitonin is from the parafollicular or C cells in the thyroid gland, but it is also synthesized in a wide variety of other tissues, including the lung and intestinal tract.
Statistics and Probability Dictionary. Select a term from the dropdown text box. The online statistics glossary will display a definition, plus links to other related web pages. Sample Space. A sample space is a set of elements that represents all possible outcomes of a statistical experiment .
The set of all possible outcomes is called the sample space. Thus in the context of a random experiment, the sample space is our universal set. Here are some examples of random experiments and their sample spaces: Random experiment: toss a coin; sample space: $S=\{heads, tails\}$ or as we usually write it, $\{H,T\}$.