Definition:Marginal Distribution
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Definition
Consider a bivariate distribution $D$ of two continuous random variables $X$ and $Y$.
The marginal distribution of $X$ is the probability distribution of $D$ with respect to $X$.
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Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): bivariate distribution
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): bivariate distribution