Definition:Elementary Event/Also known as
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Elementary Event: Also known as
An elementary event is one of the possible outcomes of $\EE$.
Thus outcome means the same thing as elementary event.
Some sources refer to an elementary event as a sample point.
Sources
- 1965: A.M. Arthurs: Probability Theory ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $2$: Probability and Discrete Sample Spaces: $2.2$ Sample spaces and events
- 1986: Geoffrey Grimmett and Dominic Welsh: Probability: An Introduction ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: Events and probabilities: $1.2$: Outcomes and events