Definition: Probability distribution

Index: The Book of Statistical Proofs ▷ General Theorems ▷ Probability theory ▷ Probability distributions ▷ Probability distribution

Definition: Let $X$ be a random variable with the set of possible outcomes $\mathcal{X}$. Then, a probability distribution of $X$ is a mathematical function that gives the probabilities of occurrence of all possible outcomes $x \in \mathcal{X}$ of this random variable.

 

Sources:

• Wikipedia (2020): "Probability distribution"; in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, retrieved on 2020-05-17; URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability_distribution.

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