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Chapter 4: Random Variables

Chapter 4: Random Variables

pp. 82-131

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, Saint Louis University, Missouri, , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, , Arizona State University
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Summary

In Chapter 3 we learned how to do basic probability calculations and even put them to use solving some fairly complicated probability problems. In this chapter and the next two, we generalize how we do probability calculations, where we will transition from working with sets and events to working with random variables.

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