sample space

noun

: a set in which all of the possible outcomes of a statistical experiment are represented as points

Examples of sample space in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For now, ignore the side landings and use heads and tails as our sample space. —Zachary Del Rosario, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2026

The other side of this argument is that there simply isn't a big sample space of big games, especially playoff games, for Herbert yet. —Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025

Part of the problem here is that for various reasons that the sample space of researchers engaging in this sort of consilience is small, and restricted to particular scientific subcultures (e.g., evolutionary psychologists, the group of anthropologists around Robert Boyd, etc.). —Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Mar. 2013

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sample space

• aerospace
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Kids Definition

sample space

noun

: the set of all the possible results of a statistical experiment

if you flip a coin once, the sample space is {heads, tails}