Definition
Outcome
An outcome is one possible result of a single chance trial.
Continue from this idea into connected AXIO math.
One trial lands on one result.
Boundary: “Draw a shape with a straight side” is an event containing the square and triangle outcomes; it is not one single outcome.
What it means
One trial finishes with one result. That result is an outcome. Before the trial, each listed result is a possible outcome; after the trial, one of them is the actual outcome.
Remember it
One trial lands on one result.
Example
A card is drawn from cards labelled circle, square, and triangle. Drawing the triangle card is one outcome of the trial.
Watch for
“Draw a shape with a straight side” is an event containing the square and triangle outcomes; it is not one single outcome.
Common mix-up
An outcome is one result. An event is a set of outcomes that count for a condition.
Exact meaning
For a stated chance experiment, an outcome is one complete possible result of one trial. The sample space is the set of all such outcomes.