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Acms 10145: Chapter 5 - Discrete
Probability Distributions

random variable - a numerical description of the outcome of an experiment



continuous, discrete - Random variables may be _________ or _________.



discrete random variable - a random variable that may assume either a finite
number of distinct values or an infinite sequence of distinct values



discrete random, finite - The number of heads observed when flipping a coin
twice is an example of a(n) _________ variable with a(n) _________ number of
possibilities.



discrete random, infinite - The number of years it takes for the world population
to exceed 8 billion is an example of a(n) _________ variable with a(n) _________
number of possibilities.



continuous random variable - a random variable that may assume any numerical
value in an interval or collection of intervals



continuous - Experimental outcomes based on measurement scales such as time,
weight, distance, and temperature are described by (discrete, continuous)
random variables.

, adding - We can calculate the probability of mutually exclusive events by
_________ the probabilities of the events.



E(x) - For a random variable x, the expected value is denoted by _____.



expected value - The ________ E(x) is essentially the same thing as the average,
mean, or expectation.



expected value - The formula included here is that for _________.



variance of a discrete random variable - The top formula included here is that for
_________.



standard deviation of a discrete random variable - The bottom formula included
here is that for _________.



mean - When asked to find the "EXPECTED" value of anything, immediately think
of __________.



probability - The expected value is essentially the summation of each variable
times its _________.

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