Six Sigma and Beyond: Statistics and Probability, Volume III

Subset A "contained in" or "element of Universal Set U

A ‚ U

Probability:

‰ P(A) ‰ 1

EXAMPLE OF SUBSET A OF A UNIVERSAL SET U

Toss a single die, the set of possible dots facing upward:

U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

Subset A is all even valued outcomes .

A = {2, 4, 6} ‚ U = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}