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Probability Distribution Analysis

This document is a written assignment for a university statistics course. It provides the details of a probability distribution problem, showing the work to find a missing probability, calculate the expected value, and determine the standard deviation. The summary includes solving for the missing probability of 0.1, finding the expected value of 2.43, and calculating the standard deviation to be approximately 1.77.

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Probability Distribution Analysis

This document is a written assignment for a university statistics course. It provides the details of a probability distribution problem, showing the work to find a missing probability, calculate the expected value, and determine the standard deviation. The summary includes solving for the missing probability of 0.1, finding the expected value of 2.43, and calculating the standard deviation to be approximately 1.77.

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Written Assignment - Unit 4

Introduction to Statistics

MATHS 1280 - 01

University of the People

Rand Alfaris

Wednesday 4th October 2023

Written Assignment Unit 4


Written Assignment Unit 4

To complete the missing probability, we need to ensure that the sum of all probabilities (P(x))
equals 1, as probabilities should always add up to 1 in a probability distribution.

Given the provided probabilities:

x P(x)
0 0.12
1 0.18
2 0.30
3 0.15
4 ?
5 0.10
6 0.05

We need to find the missing probability for x = 4:

To make the sum of probabilities equal to 1, we can form the following equation:

0.12 + 0.18 + 0.30 + 0.15 + ? + 0.10 + 0.05 = 1

Now, let's solve for the missing probability:

0.12 + 0.18 + 0.30 + 0.15 + ? + 0.10 + 0.05 = 1

0.90 + ? = 1

Now, subtract 0.90 from both sides of the equation to find the missing probability:

? = 1 - 0.90 ?

? = 0.10

So, the missing probability for x = 4 is 0.10.

Now, let's calculate the expected value and standard deviation:

Written Assignment Unit 4


Expected Value (Mean): The expected value (mean) is calculated as the sum of each value
multiplied by its probability:

Expected Value (μ) = Σ [x * P(x)]

Expected Value (μ) = (0 * 0.12) + (1 * 0.18) + (2 * 0.30) + (3 * 0.15) + (4 * 0.10) + (5 * 0.10) + (6 *


0.05)

Expected Value (μ) = 0 + 0.18 + 0.60 + 0.45 + 0.40 + 0.50 + 0.30

Expected Value (μ) = 2.43

Therefore, the expected value (mean) from the table is 2.43.

Standard Deviation (σ):

The standard deviation is calculated as the square root of the variance.

The variance is calculated as the sum of the squared differences between each value and the
mean, each multiplied by its probability:

Variance (σ^2) = Σ [(x - μ)^2 * P(x)]

Variance (σ^2) = [(0 - 2.43)^2 * 0.12] + [(1 - 2.43)^2 * 0.18] + [(2 - 2.43)^2 * 0.30] + [(3 - 2.43)^2
* 0.15] + [(4 - 2.43)^2 * 0.10] + [(5 - 2.43)^2 * 0.10] + [(6 - 2.43)^2 * 0.05]

Variance (σ^2) ≈ 3.1317

Now, we shall calculate the standard deviation by taking the square root of the variance:

Standard Deviation (σ) ≈ √3.1317 ≈ 1.77 (rounded to two decimal places)

So, the standard deviation from the table is approximately 1.77.

References:

Written Assignment Unit 4


Illowsky, B., Dean, S., Birmajer, D., Blount, B., Boyd, S., Einsohn, M., Helmreich, Kenyon, L.,
Lee, S., & Taub, J. (2022). Introductory statistics. openstax.
[Link]
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Written Assignment Unit 4

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