September 2017
Beginner to intermediate
412 pages
8h 55m
English
The probability distribution function (PDF) that is induced by a random variable X is the function fX, defined by:
Here, the expression X = x means the event of all outcomes e for which X(e) = x.
Returning to our coin example, let's compute the probability distribution fX. It is defined on the range of X, which is the set {0, 1, 2, 3, 4}. For example:

In fact, the probability distribution fX for the first version of the coin example is precisely the same as the p(s) function in the second version, tabulated in Table 4-1.
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