MAT 202 PROBABILITY : Staff position (Straighterline)

Staff Position Consider Example 6, where we choose two candidates at random out of four (Ann, Beth, Jim and Dan). Recall that in this case the sample space is: S = { (Ann, Beth), (Ann, Jim), (Ann, Dan), (Beth, Jim), (Beth, Dan), (Jim, Dan) } In this example, we might be interested in the following events, each of which is a statement about the nature of the outcome that the random experiment will produce: Event A: "Jim is chosen." Event B: "The two chosen are of the same gender." Again, each event corresponds to some collection of outcomes. Use the exercise below to try this yourself: Did I Get This Which of the following are outcomes that are included in event A: "Jim is chosen"? (Ann, Beth) Yes No Good job! Since Jim is not one of the two chosen, this is not one of the possible outcomes in event A. (Ann, Jim) Yes No Good job! This is one of the possible outcomes in event A. (Ann, Dan) Yes No Good job! Since Jim is not one of the two chosen, this is not one of the possible outcomes in event A. (Beth, Jim)