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STAT 114Probability&Statistics Week-6 Lecture-11
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Topic: binomial probability distribution

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Preamble

 Random variables

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Learning Outcomes

Student will able to learn about:

 Basic concept of Random variables and probability distributions.
 Calculation of Discrete probability distribution.

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Probability distributions

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Definition

A random variable is a variable that assumes numerical values associated with the random
outcome of an experiment, where one (and only one) numerical value is assigned to each
sample point.

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Probability Distributions

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Types of Probability distributions

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Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables

 The probability distribution of a discrete random variable is a graph, table or

formula that specifies the probability associated with each possible outcome the
random variable can assume.
 p(x) ≥ 0 for all values of x
 p(x) = 1

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The Binomial Distribution

 A Binomial Random Variable

n identical trials
 Two outcomes: Success or Failure
 P(S) = p; P(F) = q = 1 – p
 Trials are independent
x is the number of Successes in n trials

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The Binomial Distribution

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The Binomial Distribution

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The Binomial Distribution

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The Binomial Distribution

 Say 40% of the class is  n  x n x

P ( x)    p q
female.  x
 What is the probability that 6 10  6
of the first 10 students   (.4 )(.6106 )
6
walking in will be female?
 210(.004096)(. 1296)
 .1115

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The Binomial Distribution

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The Binomial Distribution

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Practice Questions

1. It is known that 60% of mice inoculated with a serum are protected from a
certain disease. If 5 mice are inoculated, find the probability that:
 (a) none contracts the disease;
 (b) fewer than 2 contract the disease;
 (c) more than 3 contract the disease.

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Practice Questions

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Practice Questions

Q: The probability that a patient recovers from a delicate heart operation is 0.9 .What is the
probability that exactly five of the next 7 patients having this operation survive?
Q:If 60% of the voters in a large district prefer candidate A, What is probability that in a
sample of 12 voters exactly 7 will prefer A.

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Q &A

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References

 Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by Ronald E. Walpole,

Raymond H. Myers, Sharon L. Myers and Keying E. Ye, Pearson; 9th Edition
(January 6, 2011). ISBN-10: 0321629116 2
 Walpole, P.E., Myers R.H., Myers S.L. (1998), “Probability and Statistics for
Engineers and Scientists”, 7th Ed. Prentice Hall.

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