Random variable: A numerical variable whose value is determined by the outcome of a random phenomenon.
How to apply it: Distinguish discrete random variables (countable outcomes) from continuous random variables (intervals).
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Probability, Random Variables, and Probability Distributions
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