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A random variable is a function that assigns (real) numbers to the results of an experiment. Each possible outcome of the experiment (i.e., value of the corresponding random variable) occurs with a certain probability.
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Härdle, W.K., Klinke, S., Röonz, B. (2015). Random Variables. In: Introduction to Statistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17704-5_5
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