FIVE KEYWORD CONNECT

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

 Random Variables and
Probability Distributions
Random Variables and Statistical Experiments
Discrete Random Variables and Its Probability
Distributions
 Coin Toss Experiment
01 Activity 1

Give the following:

1. Number of heads
2. Number of tails
3. Identify the sample space
4. Create a tree diagram
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Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

 HHH
HHT
HTH
HTT

THH
THT
TTH
TTT

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

 Since we are interested in the number of tails that fall, we will represent the
number of tails that fall by .

if the outcome obtained is

if the outcome is or
if the outcome is or
if the outcome is  

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Discrete or Continuous?

Sources:
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www.telegraph.co.uk
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Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

 Example 1

Sample Space

GG 0
GB 1
BG 1
BB 2
 

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Example 2

Sample Space
TTT 3
TTH 1
THT 1
HTT 1
HHT -1
HTH -1
THH -1
HHH -3

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Rolling a pair of dice experiment
Second Die
 

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 (1,1) (1,3)   (1,6)

2   (2,3)    (2,5)    
First Die

3        (3,4) (3,6) 
 

4   (4,2)     (4,5)

5  (5,1)            

6        

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Rolling a pair of dice experiment
Second Die
 

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 (1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6)

2 (2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6)

First Die

3 (3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6)

 

4 (4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6)

5 (5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6)

6 (6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6)

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Discrete Probability Distribution

𝑛! 𝑥 𝑛− 𝑥
𝑓 ( 𝑥 ;𝑛 ,𝑝 ) = 𝑝 (1 −𝑝 )
𝑥 ! ( 𝑛− 𝑥 ) !

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Properties of a Discrete Probability Distribution

Let be the probability of a random variable

1. 1
2.

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Discrete Probability Distribution
Example 1

Second Die
 

1 2 3 4 5 6

1 (1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6)

2 (2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6)

First Die

3 (3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6)

 

4 (4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6)

5 (5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6)

6 (6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6)

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Rolling a pair of dice experiment
Example 2

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Rolling a pair of dice experiment
Example 2

Solution:

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

 Probability Mass Function PMF and its
corresponding Probability Histogram

Where = number of values

the random variable may
assume

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Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to

Probability Mas Function

Let = number of sessions

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Discrete Probability Distribution

A random variable has this probability distribution:

Find

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Discrete Probability Distribution

   

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Creating Histogram through Microsoft Excel

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Discrete Probability Distribution

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3

Discrete Probability Distribution

Property of STI SH1923 Weeks 2 to 3