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Re:Do not confuse a random variable with its distribution by kqr on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:56AM (#40796513)
Now you're doing the thing the headline asks you not to do! The distribution is a function mapping events to the real number line.

Edit: I misread. I agree with you. Sorry!

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Re:Do not confuse a random variable with its distribution by throwaway199956 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @12:57AM (#40796521)
For continuous probability distributions, the pmf(x) has value of 0 for all real x, as per the text books.
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