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The slide covers comprehensive content on <p>&bull;An experiment is a process that, when performed, results in one and only one of many observations. These observations are called the <strong>outcomes</strong> of the experiment and the collection of all outcomes for an experiment is called a <strong>sample space</strong>.</p> <p>&bull;Quality control inspector Jack Cook of Tennis Products Company picks up a tennis ball from the production line to check whether it is good or defective.</p> <p>&bull;Cook&rsquo;s act of inspecting a tennis ball is an example of a statistical <strong>experiment. </strong></p> <p>&bull;The result of his inspection will be that the ball is either &ldquo;good&rdquo; or &ldquo;defective.&rdquo;</p> <p>&bull;Each of these two observations is called an outcome (also called a basic or final outcome) of the experiment, and these outcomes taken together constitute the sample space for this experiment.</p> <p>&bull;A sample space is denoted by <em>S</em>.</p> <p>&bull;The sample space for the example of inspecting a tennis ball is written as: <em>S = {good, defective}</em></p> <p>&bull;The elements of a sample space are called <strong>sample points.</strong></p> . You can play the slide in our in-built slide player or download for offline reading.