Continuous Variable: can take on any value between two specified values. Obtained by measuring. Discrete Variable: not continuous variable (cannot take on any value between two specified values).

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We derive conditions under which a set of conditional and marginal probability distributions will uniquely specify an all-positive joint ...

A continuous r. v. can only hypothetically assume any value on a continuum. When only an approximating discrete r. v. ("discretization") is observable, estimation procedures employing the hypothetical ...