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One of the basic concepts of statistic is a Random Variable. So, what is Random Variable? Random variable links the outcome of an event to a number. Let’s take an example. X is variable which takes…

Understanding Random Variables

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Random variables are very important in statistics and probability and a must have if any one is looking forward to understand probability distributions. Random Variables many a times confused with…

Random Variables

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In Section 2.6 we saw the basics of how to work with discrete random variables, which in our case refer to those random variables which take either a finite set of possible values, or the integers. In...

Random Variables and Probability Distributions

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Master the random variables and probability distributions and crack your next Data Science Interview with the third part of our Statistics Cheat Sheet series Photo by Naser Tamimi on Unsplash Random ...

But what is a Random Variable ?

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Often simple concepts become difficult to grasp because of the terminology and the context in which they are applied. Random Variable was one such confusing (even though simple in the hindsight)…

What are Random Variables

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Random variable becomes a nightmare for people when they first encounter it in Probability or Statistics course. In this blog, I will take you through random variables. What if I say random variables…...

Understanding Transformation of Random Variables using Python

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A random variable is a numerical description of the outcome of a statistical experiment. It can be discrete or continuous depending upon the outcome of experiment. We would be looking at two kinds of…...

Probability Distribution

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I’m a data scientist for a mobile application. As a data scientist, you will often draw a random sample from the population to conduct experiments or analyses. With the random sample, you make…

An Introduction to Random Variables & Probability Distribution

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Random Variables: A random variable represents the outcome of statistical experiments on numerical values. Discrete Random variables: A variable that can take only the countable number of values. For…...

Practical Probability Theory: All About That Single Random Variable

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In this post, we will review some of the most useful probability concepts and important tools for exploratory data analysis. The table of content is given in the mind map above. Throughout the post…

Understanding Random Variables and Probability Distributions

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Probability theory is often considered one of the fundamental pillars of machine learning, with concepts like especially the random variable and probability distribution relevant to applied machine le...

An In-Depth Crash Course on Random Variables

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Surprisingly, random variables are not really taught in online data science courses which is ludicrous because they’re the foundation of statistics which is the foundation of data science! Therefore…