Probability distribution

cosmos 10th October 2017 at 5:40pm
Probability theory

aka probability distribution function or probability mass function for discrete random variables

A function defined as p(x)=P(X=x)p(x) = P(X=x) for a Random variable XX, where PP is the Probability measure of the preimage of {x}\{x\}.

See Probability theory

Probability density function (pdf)

For continuous variables

probability = probability density ×\times volume

Cumulative distribution function

Probability mass (pmf)

For discrete variables

Special probability distributions

Joint probability distribution

Marginal probability, Integrate out one variable.