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Definition 2024
random_variable
random variable
English
Noun
random variable (plural random variables)
- (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.
- (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
Translations
measurable function from a sample space
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