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Sample Space Diagrams

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Two Way Table

A two way table is a type of sample space diagram.

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Sample space

  • The sample space of events is all of the possible outcomes of the events.
  • The sample space of throwing a head or tails when flipping a coin twice can be written as: (H, H), (H, T), (T, H), (T, T).
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Shows all outcomes

  • A two way table shows the outcomes of two events.
  • The outcomes of one event label the rows and the outcomes of the second event label the columns.
  • The overall outcome can then be written in for each combination.
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Two way table - example

  • The two way table for the sum of two dice rolls is shown above.

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