Mathematics A-Level
restricted sample space
What restricted sample space means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for WJEC.
Definition of restricted sample space
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Conditioning reduces the relevant sample space from S to B.
Topics that use restricted sample space
- Probability (A2 Unit 4: Applied Mathematics B) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- Conditional probability
- conditional probability formula
- evaluating assumptions
- general addition rule
- independence violations
- model refinement
- probabilistic modelling
- Tree diagrams
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