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Table I

APPENDIX A STATISTICAL TABLES AND CHARTS

Summary of Common Probability Distributions

Probability
Distribution

Name

Mean

Variance

Section
in Book

1b 1 a2

1b 2 a 1 12 2 2 1

3-5

np

np11 2 p2

3-6

1/p

11 2 p2 /p2

3-7.1

r/p

r11 2 p2 /p2

3-7.2

Discrete
Uniform

1
n, a # b

Binomial

n
a b px 11 2 p2 n2x,
x

12

x 5 0, 1, . . . , n, 0 # p # 1
11 2 p2 x21p,
x 5 1, 2, . . . , 0 # p # 1

Geometric

Negative binomial

x21
b 11 2 p2 x2rpr
r21
x 5 r, r 1 1, r 1 2, . . . , 0 # p # 1
K N2K
b
a ba
n2x
x
N
a b
n

Hypergeometric

np11 2 p2 a

np,
where p 5

x 5 max10, n 2 N 1 K2, 1, . . .

N2n
b
N21

3-8

K
N

min1K, n2, K # N, n # N
Poisson

2l x

l
, x 5 0, 1, 2, . . . , 0 , l
x!

3-9

1b 1 a2

1b 2 a2 2

4-5

s2

4-6

1/l

1/l2

4-8

r/l

r/l2

4-9.1

r/l

r/l2

4-9.2

Continuous
1
,a#x#b
b2a

Uniform

Normal

1 x2m 2
e2 /2 1 s 2

12

s12p
2` , x , `, 2` , m , `, 0 , s
Exponential

le2lx, 0 # x, 0 , l
lx e
, 0 , x, r 5 1, 2, . . .
1r 2 12!
r r21 2lx

Erlang
Gamma

lxr21e2lx
, 0 , x, 0 , r, 0 , l
G1r2

Weibull

b x b21 21x/d2b
a b e
,
d d

dG a1 1

1
b
b

2d2 c G a1 1

0 , x, 0 , b, 0 , d
Lognormal

1
xs22p

exp a

23ln1x2 2 u4 2
2v2

d2G a1 1

eu1v /2

2
b
b
1 2
bd
b

e2u1v 1ev 212

2

4-10

4-11