random variable

A variable whose values are random but whose statistical distribution is known.

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random variable

(Statistics) statistics a quantity that may take any of a range of values, either continuous or discrete, which cannot be predicted with certainty but only described probabilistically. Abbreviation: rv

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ran′dom var′iable

a statistical quantity that can take any of the values of a specified set in accordance with an associated probability distribution.

Also called variate.

[1935–40]

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