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प्रश्न
What are the properties of discrete random variable
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उत्तर
The probability mass function p(x) must satisfy the following conditions
(i) p(xi) ≥ 0 ∀ i
(ii) `sum_("i" = 1)^oo "p"(x_"i")` = 1
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