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.


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