Republic of the Philippines

St. Joseph’s College of Rodriguez

BED Department

QUIZ 2
Statistics and Probability (Mean,variance and standard deviation of a discrete random variable)
S.Y. 2020 - 2021

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Exercises 1

A. Find the expected value of each probability mass function. (the expected value is the mean).

1.
x 0 1 2 3

0.16
P(x) 0.15 0.32 0.37 𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

x P(x) xP(x)

0 0.15

1 0.32

2 0.37

3 0.16

2.
x 0 1 2 3

0.18
P(x) 0.20 0.30 0.32 𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

x P(x) xP(x)

0 0.20

1 0.30

2 0.32

3 0.18
3.
x 0 1 2 3 4

0.07
P(x) 0.08 0.19 0.39 0.27
𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

x P(x) xP(x)

0 0.08

1 0.19

2 0.39

3 0.27

4 0.07

4.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5

0.071
P(x) 0.123 0.134 0.211 0.321 0.140
𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

x P(x) xP(x)

0 0.123

1 0.134

2 0.211

3 0.321

4 0.140

5 0.071
 5.
x 0 1 2 3 4 5

0.035
P(x) 0.025 0.135 0.311 0.345 0.149

𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

x P(x) xP(x)

0 0.025

1 0.135

2 0.311

3 0.345

4 0.149

5 0.035

B. Find the variance and standard deviation of each of the probability distributions.

6.
x 0 1 2 3

0.20
P(x) 0.10 0.45 0.25

x P(x) xP(x) x-𝝁 (x-𝝁)𝟐 (x-𝝁)𝟐P(x)

0 0.10

1 0.45

2 0.25

3 0.20

(mean) 𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

(variance) 𝝈𝟐 = ∑[(𝒙 − 𝝁)𝟐 𝑷(𝒙)] =

(standard deviation) 𝝈 = √∑[(𝒙 − 𝝁)𝟐 𝑷(𝒙)] =

 7.

x 0 1 2 3

0.14
P(x) 0.15 0.38 0.33

x P(x) xP(x) x-𝝁 (x-𝝁)𝟐 (x-𝝁)𝟐P(x)

0 0.15

1 0.38

2 0.33

3 0.14

(mean) 𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

(variance) 𝝈𝟐 = ∑[(𝒙 − 𝝁)𝟐 𝑷(𝒙)] =

(standard deviation) 𝝈 = √∑[(𝒙 − 𝝁)𝟐 𝑷(𝒙)] =

8.
x 0 1 2 3 4

0.11
P(x) 0.09 0.19 0.39 0.22

x P(x) xP(x) x-𝝁 (x-𝝁)𝟐 (x-𝝁)𝟐P(x)

0 0.09

1 0.19

2 0.39

3 0.22

4 0.11

(mean) 𝑬(𝑿) = ∑[𝒙𝑷(𝒙)] =

(variance) 𝝈𝟐 = ∑[(𝒙 − 𝝁)𝟐 𝑷(𝒙)] =

(standard deviation) 𝝈 = √∑[(𝒙 − 𝝁)𝟐 𝑷(𝒙)] =