Encyclopedia > Discrete random variable

Article Content

Discrete random variable

A random variable is discrete if the set of all possible values that it can assume is finite or countably infinite.

The probability that a discrete random variable will take any particular value is given by the probability mass function.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Reformed churches

... in the 1920s in a schism over the issue of common grace. Reformed Church in the United States[?] (German Reformed) Reformed Church in America[?] (Dutch Reformed - ...