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random_variable

random variable

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Noun

random variable (plural random variables)

  1. (statistics, broadly) A quantity whose value is random and to which a probability distribution is assigned, such as the possible outcome of a roll of a dice.
  2. (statistics, formally) A measurable function from a sample space to the measurable space of possible values of the variable.

Derived terms

  • continuous random variable
  • discrete random variable

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