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The document discusses the geometric distribution and provides formulas for the mean and variance of a geometrically distributed random variable. The mean is 1/ρ and the variance is (1-ρ)/ρ^2. The document was submitted by a student for a statistics assignment.

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The document discusses the geometric distribution and provides formulas for the mean and variance of a geometrically distributed random variable. The mean is 1/ρ and the variance is (1-ρ)/ρ^2. The document was submitted by a student for a statistics assignment.

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ASSIGNMENT NO.

STATISTICS-302(S)
TOPIC
GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION
SUBMITTED BY:

MEERAB GILL
SEAT# EH-2120028

BS MATHEMATICS (SEMESTER-2ND )

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI

SUBMITTED TO:

DR. TANVEER AHMED SIDDIQUI


DATE: 7TH NOVERBER, 2021

The mean and variance of a variance variable following


the geometric distribution are
1 1−𝜌
𝜇= , 𝜇2 = 𝜌2
𝜌
Mean =1/𝜌 = E(X) =𝜇
E(X)= ∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑥𝑖 𝑔(𝑥;𝜌)

=∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑥 𝜌 𝑞 𝑥−1
=𝐸 (𝑋 2 ) − [𝐸𝑋]2
1 1−𝜌
=
𝜌 2 − 𝜌2
( where p is the probability of success)

1−1+𝜌
=
𝜌2
𝜌
=
𝜌2
1
=
𝜌

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