Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

standard normal random variable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: stan-dard- nor-mal ran-dom -vari-able
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A random variable whose probability distribution is a standard normal distribution.

Example Sentences

"Suppose X#92;simN(#92;mu,#92;sigma). Then Z#61;#92;frac#123;x-#92;mu#125;#123;#92;sigma#125; is a standard normal random variable. In other words, any normal random variable can be standardized by subtracting the mean from the variable and dividing the difference by the standard deviation."
"This technique is based on a polynomial transformation that proceeds by taking the sum of a linear combination of a standard normal random variable, its square, and its cube."
"2016, Maria Dolores Ugarte, Ana F. Militino, Alan T. Arnholt, Probability and Statistics with R, 2nd Edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 297, A normal random variable with μ = 0 and σ = 1, often denoted Z, is called a standard normal random variable. […] Further, any normal random variable can be converted to a standard normal random variable using (4.25)."

Inflected Forms

standard normal random variables (plural)

Phrases

standard normal deviate

Frequently Paired Words

standard normal deviate

Synonyms

standard normal variable

Questions

What does standard normal random variable mean?: A random variable whose probability distribution is a standard normal distribution.

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