Further Mathematics A-Level
Discrete Random Variable
What Discrete Random Variable means in Further Mathematics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Discrete Random Variable
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A variable whose value is a numerical outcome of a random phenomenon, which can only take a countable number of specific values.
Topics that use Discrete Random Variable
- Discrete Random Variables (OCR A-Level)
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