Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 6 - Section 6.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 329: 1

Answer

In a probability experiment, each possible outcome has a chance of occurring. If each outcome is a numerical measure, it is a random variable.

Work Step by Step

If I roll a fair die (probability experiment), the sample space is: S={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} with $P(1)=P(2)=P(3)=P(4)=P(5)=P(6)=\frac{1}{6}$. Each outcome is a numerical measure.
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