random variable

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Noun

random variable (plural random variables)

1. (statistics) (broadly) A quantity whose value is random and to which a probability distribution is assigned, such as the possible outcome of a roll of a dice.
2. (statistics) (formally) A measurable function from a sample space to the measurable space of possible values of the variable.

Derived terms

• continuous random variable
• discrete random variable

Translations

measurable function from a sample space

Czech: náhodná veličina (cs) f. Finnish: satunnaismuuttuja (fi) German: Zufallsvariable (de) f. Greek: τυχαία μεταβλητή (el) f. Hebrew: משתנה מקרי (he) (mishtané mikrí) m.

Icelandic: hending (is) f., slembibreyta (is) f., slembistærð (is) f., slemba (is) f. Romanian: variabilă aleatorie (ro) f., variabilă incidentală (ro) f. Spanish: variable aleatoria (es) f. Swedish: slumpvariabel (sv) c.