From Coin Toss to LLM — Understanding Random Variables
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From Coin Toss to LLM - Understanding Random Variables A beginner friendly guide to probability and random variables - no math background needed. 1. What is Probability? Probability is a number that measures how likely something is to happen. This number is always between 0 and 1: Value Meaning 0 Impossible - will never happen 1 Certain - will always happen 0.5 Equal chance - may or may not happen Example Flip a fair coin. Two outcomes are possible - heads or tails. Neither is likely than the other.