Talk:Applicable Mathematics/Probability

"Another example of a random experiment and outcome is the birth of a child." What is random about that?

"When you throw a die, you can get 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 eyes. These are the possible outcomes in a throw." I often throw a die that lands diagonally against the edge of an object, causing an unwanted result. Is there a name for such results? How do you determine what's part of the sample space and what not? I can imagine that this is a matter of much contention in statistical analysis: what the one calls a valid result, the other denies.--Branko 17:31, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC) "I think that you have to state the number of completed trials. If a die lodges itself somewhere it simply anincomplete trial and shouldn't be included in the results,unless you want to report incomplete trials for others to consider" [[User:Druid] 14:29, 30 Sept.2007