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Probability
What Is An Event?
In probability, what is an event?
One or more of the outcomes in the outcome space (sample space).
Examples of events
where the experiment is rolling a single die:
[1] An example of an event
that is just a single outcome
is getting a 2
[2] An example of an event
that comprises two outcomes
is getting a 3 or a 4
[3] An example of an event
that comprises three outcomes
is getting an even number.
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