Chapter 2 (Discrete Random Variables): Basic Concepts

本文为 $Introduction$ $to$ $Probability$ 的读书笔记

• Given an experiment and the corresponding set of possible outcornes (the sample space), a random variable associates a particular number with each outcome. We refer to this number as the numerical value or simply the value of the random variable. Mathematically, a random variable is a real-valued function of the experimental outcome.
• A random variable is called discrete if its range is either finite or countably infinite.
  • For example, in an experiment involving a sequence of 2 rolls of a die, the maximum roll in the sequence is a discrete random variable.
    

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