Abstract
We start our investigations with a number of elementary examples which involve probability. These examples lead to a definition of an experiment, which consists of a space of possible outcomes, together with an assignment of probabilities to each of these outcomes. We define and study basic concepts associated with experiments, including combinatorics, independence, conditional probabilities and a first law of large numbers.
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Meester, R. (2003). Experiments. In: A Natural Introduction to Probability Theory. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7786-2_1
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