Probability Distributions of Scalar Random Variables
The following applies to all types of scalar random variables. Because a probability distribution Pr on the real line is determined by the probability of a scalar random variable X being in a half-open interval (-∞, x], the probability distribution is completely characterized by its cumulative distribution function:
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