Collectively exhaustive events
When given a set of two or more events, if at least one of the events must occur, then such a set of events is said to be collectively exhaustive.
Consider the following examples:
- Given a set of events
{temperature < 60, temperature > 90}
, these events are not collectively exhaustive because there is a third option that is not given in this set of events: The temperature could be between60
and90
. However, they are mutually exhaustive because both cannot happen at the same time. - In a dice roll, the set of events of rolling a
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6}
are collectively exhaustive because these are the only possible events, and at least one of them must happen.