discrete random variables and discrete probability distributions(review notes)

basic definition- discrete random variable

discrete variable

• a variable that can only accept a finite number of values

definition

• a random variable Y is said to be discrete if it can assume only a finite or countably(可数的) infinite number of distinct values

the probability distribution for a discrete random variable

notationally

• uppercase letter, Y, to denote a random variable
• lowercase letter, y , to denote a particular value
• expression(Y=y), the set of all points in S assigned the value y by the random variable Y
• P(Y=y), the probability that Y takes on the value y

definition

• the probability tha