Definition:Experiment/Informal Definition
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Definition
An experiment is defined as:
- a course of action whose consequence is not predetermined.
- -- 1986: Geoffrey Grimmett and Dominic Welsh: Probability: An Introduction
Also known as
An experiment is also known as:
- a trial, particularly when it consists of a single performance of an experiment
or:
- an observation.
Sources
- 1986: Geoffrey Grimmett and Dominic Welsh: Probability: An Introduction ... (previous) ... (next): $1$: Events and probabilities: $1.1$: Experiments with chance