Definition:Bernoulli Trial/Bernoulli Variable
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Definition
Let $\EE = \struct {\Omega, \Sigma, \Pr}$ be a Bernoulli trial.
Let $X$ be a discrete random variable whose sample space is $\Omega$ in such a Bernoulli trial.
Then $X$ is known as a Bernoulli variable.
Source of Name
This entry was named for Jacob Bernoulli.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Bernoulli trial
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Bernoulli variable