STATISTICS &

PROBABILITY
MEAN, VARIANCE, AND STANDARD
DEVIATION OF A DISCRETE RANDOM
VARIABLE
 MEAN
The mean of a discrete random
variable X is also called the
expected value of X is computed
using the following formula
VARIANCE AND STANDARD
CEVIATION OF DISCRETE
RANDOM VARIABLE
The variance of a random variable X
is denoted by . It can likewise be
written as Var(X).
Computed as:
or
The standard deviation of a discrete
random variable X is written as . It
is the square root of variance. The
standard deviation is computed as:
Where:
X= discrete random variable
X= outcome or value of
random variable
P(x)= probability of the
outcome x
population of mean
 EXAMPLE 1
Determine the mean, variance and standard deviation of the following probability mass function.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6
P(x) 0.15 0.25 0.30 0.15 0.10 0.05
Solution:

1 0.15 0.15 3.8025 0.570375

2 0.25 0.50 0.9025 0.225625
3 0.30 0.90 0.0025 0.000750
4 0.15 0.60 1.1025 0.165375
5 0.10 0.50 4.2025 0.420250
6 0.05 0.30 9.3025 0.465125
 ACTIVITY
Determine the mean, variance and standard deviation of the
following probability mass function
1.
0 0.2
1 0.4
3 0.1
5 0.25
7 0.05

2.
2 0.15
4 0.25
6 0.30
8 0.30