Continuous Variable: can take on any value between two specified values. Obtained by measuring. Discrete Variable: not continuous variable (cannot take on any value between two specified values).

Density functions are nonnegative for all real numbers but greater than zero only at a finite or countably infinite number of points. Density functions are nonnegative for all real numbers and are ...

The probability density function of a uniform random variable looks like a horizontal line segment over the support. This indicates that for any interval of a given length within the support, the ...

The world is full of uncertainty: accidents, storms, unruly financial markets, noisy communications. The world is also full of data. Probabilistic modeling and the related field of statistical ...

Probability theory forms the mathematical backbone for quantifying uncertainty and random events, providing a rigorous language with which to describe both everyday phenomena and complex scientific ...

The Virginia Lottery offers a game called the New Year's Millionaire Raffle for which the top prize is one million dollars. There are 375,000 tickets sold, of which 508 are winners. There are three ...

Created with R2024a. Compatible with R2024a and later releases. You can use these live scripts as demonstrations in lectures, class activities, or interactive assignments outside class. This module ...

A discrete random variable is a type of random variable that can take on a countable set of distinct values. Common examples include the number of children in a family, the outcome of rolling a die, ...