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    A LEVEL STATISTICS NOTES COMPILED BY MANYUVIRE D 0783235483

    SPECIAL DISCRETE DISTRIBUTIONS


    BERNOULLI DISTRIBUTION

    Syllabus objectives

     Outline characteristics of Bernoulli distribution


     Calculate the mean, variance and standard deviation of Bernoulli distribution
     Use the probability density functions to calculate probabilities
     Solve problems involving the Bernoulli distribution

     WHAT IS A BERNOULLI DISTRIBUTION

     A Bernoulli distribution models results of experiments where there are precisely


    two possible outcomes, success p and failure 1−p.=, where p is the probability of
    success.
     Examples of Bernoulli trials include tossing a coin , selecting defective or non
    defective components, answering true or false questions.
     The random variable from sample space {S,F} can be defined using a set of real
    numbers {0,1} where 0 represent success and 1 represent failure.
     For a Bernoulli distribution X we write X Ber(p) and
    P(X=x) = , x = 0,1
     Successive Bernoulli trials lead to a binomial distribution. A Bernoulli distribution
    is therefore a special Binomial with n = 1
     CALCULATING PROBABILITIES INVOLVING A BERNOULLI

     P(X=x) = , x = 0,1 where p is the probability of success.

    EXAMPLES
    1.What is the probability of getting a score of not less than 5 in a throw of a six-
    sided die?
    Solution
    There are six possible scores {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. Success occurs when we get any
    score in the set {5, 6} therefore P(X=1) = and failure in the set {1, 2, 3, 4}
    Therefore P(X = 0) = .Hence, the probability of getting a score of not less than 5
    in a throw of a six-sided die is .
    2. An unbiased die is tossed find the probability of getting a head.
    Solution
    Since the coin is fair probability of getting a head is 0,5 so p = 0,5
    3. Ten percent of the components manufactured by a certain process are defective.

    1
    A LEVEL STATISTICS NOTES COMPILED BY MANYUVIRE D 0783235483

    A component is chosen at random. Find the probability that it is defective.


    Solution
    Let p =0,10
    P(X=x) = , x = 0,1
    = 0,10

     MEAN, VARIANCE AND STANDARD DEVIATION.

     E(X) =
    = x = 0,1
    = 0× +1×
    =p

    = x = 0,1
    = 0× +1×
    =p
     Var(X) = E(X2)
    =
    =
     Generally if X Ber(p),then =p and =

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