SENIOR HIGH ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIVE EDUCATION DELIVERY
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Subject : STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY Lesson Title : Illustrating Random Variable Lesson Competency : To illustrate a random variable (M11/12SP-IIIa-1) To find the possible values of a random variable (M11/12SP-IIIa-3) References : Statistics and Probability pages 2-5 LAS No.: 3.1 CONCEPT NOTES A random variable is a function that associates a real number to each element in the sample space. It is a variable whose values are determined by chance. Use capital letters to denote or represent a variable.
The set of all possible outcomes of an experiment is called a sample space.
EXAMPLE: Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. We want to find out the number of defective cell phones that occur. Let D represent the defective cell phone and N represent the non-defective cell phone. If we let X be the random variable representing the number of defective cell phones, can you show the values of the random variable X? Consider the table below.
Possible Outcomes/Sample Value of the Random Variable X
Space (number of defective cell phones) NNN 0 NND 1 NDN 1 DNN 1 NDD 2 DND 2 DDN 2 DDD 3 The values of the random variable are 0, 1, 2, 3. This means that there could be a zero, one, two, or three numbers of defective cell phones in the possible outcomes of an experiment. EXERCISES: 1. Suppose three coins are tossed. Let Y be the random variable representing the number of tails that occur. Find the values of the random variable Y. Make a table to illustrate the situation.