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Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions

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Expected Value for a<br />

<strong>Discrete</strong> <strong>R<strong>and</strong>om</strong> Variable<br />

• We can think of μX = E(X) as the<br />

average value of the r<strong>and</strong>om variable<br />

that we would expect to obtain if we<br />

perform the experiment repeatedly.<br />

�� Letting xk represent the outcome of<br />

the k th repetition of the experiment,<br />

[x 1 + x 2 + … + xk + … + xn]/n ]/n gets<br />

closer to μX = E(X) as the number of<br />

repetitions of the experiment, n,<br />

increases in value.

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