Probability Lecture 1

Experiment: This is any process of

observation or procedure that:
(1) Can be repeated (theoretically) an
infinite number of times; and
(2) Has a well-defined set of possible
outcomes.
Sample space: This is the set of all
possible outcomes of an experiment.
Event: This is a subset of the sample space
of an experiment.
Probability of Simple Event
𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠
𝑃 (𝐸 ) =
𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠

𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡

𝑃 (𝐸 ) =
𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒