Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

A simple procedure for deriving the probability density function (pdf) for sums of uniformly distributed random variables is offered. This method is suited to introductory courses in probability and ...

A discrete random variable is a type of random variable that can take on a countable set of distinct values. Common examples include the number of children in a family, the outcome of rolling a die, ...

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Jun., 1970), pp. 721-737 (17 pages) The probability density functions of products of independent beta, gamma and central Gaussian random variables ...