DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLE
PRESENTED BY
MOHAMMAD ABDULLAH AL MAYIN
ID:152-33-2629
(EEE 213)
CONTENTS
I. Discrete random variable
II. Classification of discrete random variable:
III. Probability mass function
IV. Cumulative distRibution function
V. Expectation ,variance & standerd daviation of drv
A discrete random variable:
l has a countable number
l has a finite value.
NOW COUNT THE NUMBER OF GIRLS IN EACH SET OF FOUR
SEQUENTIAL BIRTHS:
BBBB (0) BGBB (1) GBBB (1) GGBB (2)
BBBG (1) BGBG (2) GBBG (2) GGBG (3)
BBGB (1) BGGB (2) GBGB (2) GGGB (3)
BBGG (2) BGGG (3) GBGG (3) GGGG
BBBB
BGBB
GBBB
BBBG
BBGB
GGBB
GBBG
BGBG
BGGB
GBGB
BBGG
BGGG
GBGG
GGGB
GGBG
GGGG
0
1
2
3
4
X
Sample Space
DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLE(CONT.)
PROBABILITY MASS FUNCTION


xiall
iPKXPKF )()()(
The cumulative distribution function, F(x), of a discrete
random variable X is:
CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION
FUNCTION
FIG 1
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1.Sum of probability of each value of the
random variable
2.After average all probability
   E X xP x
all x
( ) ( )
x P(x) xP(x)
0 0.1 0.0
1 0.2 0.2
2 0.3 0.6
3 0.2 0.6
4 0.1 0.4
5 0.1 0.5
1.0 2.3 = E(X) = m
EXPECTED VALUES OF DISCRETE
RANDOM VARIABLES
• FIG 2
The variance of a random variable is the expected
squared deviation from the mean:
The standard deviation of a random variable is the
square root of its variance: )()( XVXSD 
VARIANCE AND STANDARD
DEVIATION OF A RANDOM VARIABLE
CONCLUSION
In bottom line I want to say:
Random variable is major factor in engineering.
Discrete random variable is
a part of random variable.So it’s importance is very
high.We can learn it perfectly.
THANKS EVERYONE

Discrete Random Variable