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random variable
noun
, Statistics.
- a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
random variable
noun
- 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 rv
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Word History and Origins
Origin of random variable1
First recorded in 1935–40
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Example Sentences
Good institutions are not a random variable that could have popped up anywhere around the globe, in Denmark or in Somalia, with equal probability.
From Literature
Like the stock market, timing is a random variable.
From New York Times
The myriad factors affecting innovativeness make the historian’s task paradoxically easier, by converting societal variation in innovativeness into essentially a random variable.
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