Question

The primitives in probabilistic reasoning are random variables.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was asked in an online quiz.

Origin of the question is Uncertain Knowledge and Reasoning in chapter Uncertain Knowledge and Reasoning of Artificial Intelligence

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) True

To elaborate: The primitives in probabilistic reasoning are random variables. Just like primitives in Propositional Logic are propositions. A random variable is not in fact a variable, but a function from a sample space S to another space, often the real numbers.