The PDF of a Function of a Random Variable: Teaching its Structure by Transforming Formalism into Intuition.

The writers describe how they teach the structure of the probability density function of a function of a random variable. They approach the problem as a change in scale as opposed to a change in variable; appeal to the concept of “conservation of probabilities”; use the physical analogy of “pourin...

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Published in:	American Statistician Vol. 60; no. 1; pp. 61 - 68
Main Authors:	Hanley, James A., Telsch, Dana
Format:	Article
Published:	American Statistical Association February 2006
Subjects:	Random variables Graphic methods in statistics Linear statistical models
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost