In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Alan McLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
'Height of an individual' is only a random variable when the selection
of the individual and the measurement of his or her height is still in
the future. The full name of the variable is 'Height of a randomly
chosen individual'!
At 09:27 AM 7/26/01 -0700, Philip Ackerman wrote:
Hello,
What I do not understand, is why individuals' heights is a
random variable
instead of individual' s heights ...
if you change the wording abit above ... it might make more sense
Philip Ackerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
I have a question regarding the term independent, identically
distributed random variables. For example, suppose that your random
variable is height, and the population of interest is adult males. You take
a sample (size n) of adult males
