RANDOM       

            VARIABLES 
A function or rule that assigns a
number to each outcome of an
experiment. It is denoted by X
EX:
−Number of videos rented by a
random customer at a video
store MEAN,VARIANCE AND
−Height of a randomly selected STANDARD DEVIATION
person
OF A DISCRETE
−Amount of soda in a can
RANDOM VARIABLE
Discerete Random Variable
−assumes values that can be
counted
EX:
Probability mass function
−Number of children in a family
−a table that give a list of
−The Friday night attendance in
probability values along with
the cinema
their associated value in the
range of discrete random
Discrete Probabilty
variable
Distribution
−consists of the values a
Histogram
random variable cam assume
− a graphical representation of
and the corresponding
the distribution of numerical
probabilities of the value
data