probability and normal distribution

Conclusion - In this chapter we have studied the method of evaluating probabilities of events relating to independent events and conditional events. We have also studied about random variables and their probability distributions, namely binomial distribution ..

The range for the above ungrouped data is 49 - 12 = 37. Normally it is desirable to divide the range into 6 to 10 classes. Consider the class 11 - 15. If a student scores 11 marks or 15 marks, he will be put in this class. For this class, 11 is the lower limit and 15 is the upper limit an..

A trial, which has only two outcomes i.e., "a success" or "a failure", is called a Bernoulli trial . The probability distribution of the number of successes, so obtained is called the binomial distribution..

The number which tells us how many times a particular data appears is called the frequency. For example, 2 marks have been scored by five students which means marks 2 occurs five times. Therefore, the frequency of score 2 is five. Similarly, the frequency of marks 5 is three because three stu..

Poisson distribution is a limiting process of binomial distribution. Poisson distribution occurs when there are events which do not occur as outcomes of a definite number of outcomes. Poisson distribution is used under the following conditions: Number of tria..

A trial, which has only two outcomes i.e., "a success" or "a failure", is called a Bernoulli trial. Let X be the number of successes in a Bernoulli trial, then X can take 0 or 1 and P(X =1) = p = "probability of a success" P(X = 0) = 1 - p = q = "probability of failure". Conside..

A teacher gave a test to a class of 26 students. The maximum mark is 5. The marks obtained by the pupils are: Such data as above is called ungrouped (or raw) data. We may arrange the marks in ascending or descending order. The data so represented is called an array. The difference between the great..

Random Variables and Probability Distributions - It is often very important to allocate a numerical value to an outcome of a random experiment. For example, consider an experiment of tossing a coin twice and note the number of heads (x) obtained. Outcome HH HT TH TT No. of heads..

A discrete random variable assumes each of its values with a certain probability. Let X be a discrete random variable which takes values x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ,x n where p i = P{X = x i } Then X : x 1 x 2 x 3 x n P(X) : p 1 p 2 p 3 p n is called the probability distribu..

Let S be a sample space associated with a given random experiment. A real valued function X which assigns to each w i S, a unique real number, X( w i ) = x i is called a random variable . Two types of random variables are 1. Continuous random variable, 2. discrete random varia..