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		<title>SOCR EduMaterials Activities Binomial PGF</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T18:36:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Probability Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the PGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.1) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(10,0.9) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.3) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(10, 0.7) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the PGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliPGF1.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these PGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the PGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.1,  p=0.8 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of PGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;P_{y}(t) = {[P_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the PGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Geometric Random Variables with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Negative-Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**c.  How does this relate to Exercise 1?  Does having the same PGF mean they are distributed the same?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 4:'''  Suppose that X has a pgf &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; P_{x}(t)=(1-p)+pt &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and let &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; Y = aX + b.&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;  What is &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; P_{y}(t) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; ?&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_PGF | Other SOCR Distribution Functor Activities]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_Binomial_PGF&amp;diff=5674</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials Activities Binomial PGF</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T07:03:50Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Probability Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the PGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.1) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(10,0.9) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.3) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(10, 0.7) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the PGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliPGF1.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these PGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the PGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.1,  p=0.8 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of PGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;P_{y}(t) = {[P_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the PGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Geometric Random Variables with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Negative-Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**c.  How does this relate to Exercise 1?  Does having the same PGF mean they are distributed the same?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_PGF | Other SOCR Distribution Functor Activities]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{translate|pageName=http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_Binomial_PGF}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:40:30Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_Binomial_PGF&amp;diff=5667</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials Activities Binomial PGF</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:39:21Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Probability Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the PGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the PGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliPGF1.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these PGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the PGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of PGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;P_{y}(t) = {[P_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the PGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Geometric Random Variables with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Negative-Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**c.  How does this relate to Exercise 1?  Does having the same PGF mean they are distributed the same?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:37:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_Binomial_PGF&amp;diff=5665</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials Activities Binomial PGF</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:37:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: New page: == This is an activity to explore the Probability Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==  * '''Description''':  You can access t...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Probability Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the PGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the PGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliPGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these PGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the PGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of PGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;P_{y}(t) = {[P_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the PGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Geometric Random Variables with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Negative-Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**c.  How does this relate to Exercise 1?  Does having the same MGF mean they are distributed the same?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities PGF</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:33:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities | SOCR Functor Activities]] - Probability Generating Function (PGF) Activities ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Help_pages_for_SOCR_Functors]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[About_pages_for_SOCR_Functors]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[SOCR_EduMaterials_Activities_Binomial_PGF | SOCR Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial PGF Activity]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu&lt;br /&gt;
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{{translate|pageName=http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_PGF}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_MGF_Moments&amp;diff=5663</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities MGF Moments</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:31:18Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore useful properties of MGF's.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html .&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' As you have learned in class, there are quite a few interesting properties that Moment Generating Functions hold.  For example you learned that &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; E(X^n)=M_{x}^{(n)}(0)={d^n M_x(t)\over{dt^n}}\mid_{t=0} &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; If the MGF is defined in the neighborhood of 0.  So to get the Expected Value for a particular distribution, you would take the first derivative of the MGF and set t=0.  Use SOCR to graph and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  ''You must do these exercises using MGF's, you can find the slope using the mouse pointer.''&lt;br /&gt;
**a.  Find the Expected Value of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(10,.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
**b.  Find the Expected Value of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Normal(0,1) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.   Find the Expected Value of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim ChiSquare(13) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Can you use MGF's to find the Expected Value for the Continuous Uniform Distribution?  Why or why not?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:'''  In Exercise 1, we calculated the &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;1^{st}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; Moment.  If we take the second derivative of the MGF with respect to t, where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; t=0 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  We get &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; E(X^2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  We can use this to find the Variance of a particular Distribution.  Repeat Parts (a,b,c) for Exercise 1, but this time calculate the variance.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 4:'''  What do we get when we take the &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;3^{rd}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;lt;4^{th}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; derivatives of a MGF and set &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; t=0 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_MGF_Moments&amp;diff=5662</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities MGF Moments</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:28:40Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore useful properties of MGF's.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html .&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' As you have learned in class, there are quite a few interesting properties that Moment Generating Functions hold.  For example you learned that &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; E(X^n)=M_{x}^{(n)}(0)={d^n M_x(t)\over{dt^n}}\mid_{t=0} &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; If the MGF is defined in the neighborhood of 0.  So to get the Expected Value for a particular distribution, you would take the first derivative of the MGF and set t=0.  Use SOCR to graph and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  ''You must do these exercises using MGF's, you can find the slope using the mouse pointer.''&lt;br /&gt;
**a.  Find the Expected Value of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(10,.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
**b.  Find the Expected Value of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Normal(0,1) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.   Find the Expected Value of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim ChiSquare(13) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Can you use MGF's to find the Expected Value for the Continuous Uniform Distribution?  Why or why not?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:'''  In Exercise 1, we calculated the 1^{st} Moment.  If we take the second derivative of the MGF with respect to t, where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; t=0 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  We get &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; E(X^2) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  We can use this to find the Variance of a particular Distribution.  Repeat Parts (a,b,c) for Exercise 1, but this time calculate the variance.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 4:'''  What do we get when we take the 3^{rd} and 4^{th} derivatives of a MGF and set &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; t=0 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_MGF_Moments&amp;diff=5661</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities MGF Moments</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:11:48Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: New page: == This is an activity to explore useful properties of MGF's.==  * '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Distri...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore useful properties of MGF's.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html .&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_MGF&amp;diff=5660</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities MGF</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:06:50Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities | SOCR Functor Activities]] - Moment Generating Function (MGF) Activities ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions | SOCR Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial MGF Activity]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_MGF_Moments | SOCR Using MGFs to get Moments Activity]]&lt;br /&gt;
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	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5659</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:02:35Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the MGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of MGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;M_{y}(t) = {[M_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the MGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the MGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Geometric Random Variables with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Negative-Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**c.  How does this relate to Exercise 1?  Does having the same MGF mean they are distributed the same?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 4:''' Graph the PDF and the MGF for the appropriate Distribution where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; M_x(t)={({3 \over 4}e^t+{1\over 4})}^{15} &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  Be sure to include the correct parameters for this distribution, for example if &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(p) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; be sure to include the numeric value for &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5658</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T03:02:05Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the MGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of MGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;M_{y}(t) = {[M_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the MGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the MGF of the sum of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; independent Geometric Random Variables with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Negative-Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**c.  How does this relate to Exercise 1?  Does having the same MGF mean they are distributed the same?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 4:''' Graph the PDF and the MGF for the appropriate Distribution where &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; M_x(t)={({3 \over 4}e^t+{1\over 4})}^{15} &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  Be sure to include the correct parameters for this distribution, for example if &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(p) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; be sure to include the numeric value for &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;p&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5657</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T02:54:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the MGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of MGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;M_{y}(t) = {[M_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the MGF of the sum of n independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the MGF of the sum of n independent Geometric Random Variables with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Negative-Binomial Distribution using the corollary above. &lt;br /&gt;
**c.  How does this relate to Exercise 1?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5656</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T02:51:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the MGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of MGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;M_{y}(t) = {[M_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
**a. Show that the MGF of the sum of n independent Bernoulli Trials with success probability &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is the same as the MGF of the Binomial Distribution using the corollar above. &lt;br /&gt;
**b. Show that the MGF of the sum of n independent Geometric&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5655</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T02:48:13Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the MGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of MGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; are iid. and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;M_{y}(t) = {[M_{X_1}(t)]}^n&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5654</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T02:44:29Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the MGF of the distribution of a geometric random variable with &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p=0.2,  p=0.7 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.  What is the shape of this function?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is large?  What happens when &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; p &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; is small?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 3:''' You learned in class about the properties of MGF's If &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X_1, ...X_n are iid. and Y = \sum_{i=1}^n X_i. &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; then&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5653</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5653"/>
		<updated>2008-01-09T02:29:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg|600px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=File:BernoulliMGF.jpg&amp;diff=5652</id>
		<title>File:BernoulliMGF.jpg</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-09T02:28:39Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5651</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5651"/>
		<updated>2008-01-09T02:28:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:BernoulliMGF.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5650</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5650"/>
		<updated>2008-01-09T02:25:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the MGF's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; x \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; x \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; x \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Example.jpg]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5649</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5649"/>
		<updated>2008-01-09T02:20:45Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph the mgf's and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;br /&gt;
**a.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**b.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; x \sim Binomial(1,0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**c.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; x \sim Geometric(0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
**d.&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; x \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5648</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities Bernoulli Distributions</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions&amp;diff=5648"/>
		<updated>2008-01-09T02:14:38Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: New page: == This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==  * '''Description''':  You can access the ap...&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html . &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Exercise 1:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the following distributions and answer the questions below.  Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_MGF&amp;diff=5646</id>
		<title>SOCR EduMaterials FunctorActivities MGF</title>
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		<updated>2008-01-08T20:34:16Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities | SOCR Functor Activities]] - Moment Generating Function (MGF) Activities ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_Bernoulli_Distributions | SOCR Bernoulli Binomial MGF Activity]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[About_pages_for_SOCR_Functors_MGF]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Help_pages_for_SOCR_Functors_MGF]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* TBD&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{translate|pageName=http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php?title=SOCR_EduMaterials_FunctorActivities_MGF}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://wiki.socr.umich.edu/index.php?title=UQuadraticDistribuionAbout&amp;diff=5492</id>
		<title>UQuadraticDistribuionAbout</title>
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		<updated>2007-11-08T20:09:24Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Rgidwani: Updated MGF and CF&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;== [[About_pages_for_SOCR_Distributions]] - U-Quadratic Distribution ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Description===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:SOCR_Distributions_UQuadraticAbout_Dinov_Fig1.jpg|400px|thumbnail|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
The ''U quadratic distribution'' is defined by the following density function&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;&amp;lt;math&amp;gt; f(x)=\alpha \left ( x - \beta \right )^2, \forall x \in [a , b], a &amp;lt; b&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, &amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
where the relation between the two pairs of parameters (domain-support, a and b) and (range/offset &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\alpha&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\beta&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;) are given by the following two equations&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;(gravitational balance center) &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\beta = {b+a \over 2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;, and&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;(vertical scale) &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\alpha = {12 \over \left ( b-a \right )^3}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
More information about U-quadratic, and other continuous distribution functions, is available at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UQuadratic_distribution Wikipedia].&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Properties===&lt;br /&gt;
* Support Parameters: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;a &amp;lt; b \in (-\infty,\infty)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Scale/Offset Parameters: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\alpha \in (0,\infty)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;\beta \in (-\infty,\infty)&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
* PDF: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;f(x)=\alpha \left ( x - \beta \right )^2, \forall x \in [a , b]&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* CDF  &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;F(x)={\alpha \over 3} \left ( (x - \beta)^3 + (\beta - a)^3 \right ), \forall x \in [a , b]&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Mean: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{a+b \over 2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Median: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{a+b \over 2}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Modes: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;a &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; b &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Variance: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; {3 \over 20} (b-a)^2 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Skewness: 0 (distribution is symmetric around the mean)&lt;br /&gt;
* Kurtosis: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; {3 \over 112} (b-a)^4 &amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Moment Generating Function: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;M_x(t)= {-3\left(e^{at}(4+(a^2+2a(-2+b)+b^2)t)- e^{bt} (4 + (-4b + (a+b)^2)t)\right) \over (a-b)^3 t^2 }&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Characteristic Function: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;{3i\left(e^{iat}(-4i+(a^2+2a(-2+b)+b^2)t)+ e^{ibt} (4i - (-4b + (a+b)^2)t)\right) \over (a-b)^3 t^2 }&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===Interactive U Quadratic Distribution===&lt;br /&gt;
You can see the interactive ''U Quadratic'' distribution by going to [http://socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Distributions.html SOCR Distributions] and selecting from the drop down list of distributions ''U Quadratic''. Then follow the '''Help''' instructions to dynamically set parameters, compute critical and probability values using the mouse and keyboard.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;center&amp;gt;[[Image:SOCR_Distributions_UQuadraticAbout_Dinov_Fig2.jpg|500px]]&amp;lt;/center&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{translate|pageName=http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php?title=UQuadraticDistribuionAbout}}&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Rgidwani</name></author>
		
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