Chapter content: Random variables
A diagram illustrating the topics you will need to understand for this chapter together with the connections between topics is given below. Written notes on these various topics can be found be clicking on the links in the right panel.
| Some introductory notes on probability |
| topic: Random variables |
| author: J. F. McCann |
| Introductory material on discrete random variables including descriptions of the binomial, geometric and poisson random variables. |
| topic: Random variables |
| author: J. F. McCann |
| Some notes on continuous random variables including descriptions of the uniform, exponential and normal random variables. |
| topic: Random variables |
| author: J. F. McCann |
| An explanation of how the expectation, variance and moment generating function are calculated. |
| topic: Expectation |
| author: J. F. McCann |
| Some notes on the law of large numbers and the central limit theorem. These notes include proofs for these two theorems. |
| topic: The law of large numbers |
| author: J. F. McCann |