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| − | == This is an activity to explore the Binomial, Geometric, and Hypergeometric Probability Distributions.==
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| − | * '''Description''': You can access the applets for the above distributions at http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_Distributions.html .
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| − | * '''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:
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| − | **a. <math> X \sim b(10,0.5) </math>, find <math> P(X=3) </math>, <math> E(X) </math>, <math> sd(X) </math>, and verify them with the formulas discussed in class.
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| − | **b. <math> X \sim b(10,0.1) </math>, find <math> P(1 \le X \le 3) </math>.
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| − | **c. <math> X \sim b(10,0.9) </math>, find <math> P(5 < X < 8), \ P(X < 8), \ P(X \le 7), \ P(X \ge 9) </math>.
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| − | **d. <math> X \sim b(30,0.1) </math>, find <math> P(X > 2) </math>.
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| − | Below you can see a snapshot of the distribution of <math> X \sim b(20,0.3) </math>
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| − | * '''Exercise 2:''' Use SOCR to graph and print the distribution of a geometric random variable with <math> p=0.2, p=0.7 </math>. What is the shape of these distributions? What happens when <math> p </math> is large? What happens when <math> p </math> is small?
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| − | Below you can see a snapshot of the distribution of <math> X \sim geometric(0.4) </math>
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| − | <center>[[Image: SOCR_Activities_Christou_geometric.jpg|600px]]</center>
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| − | * '''Exercise 3:''' Select the geometric probability distribution with <math> p=0.2 </math>. Use SOCR to compute the following:
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| − | **c. <math> P(X \le 5) </math>
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| − | **d. <math> P(X > 6) </math>
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| − | **e. <math> P(X \ge 8) </math>
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| − | **f. <math> P(4 \le X \le 9) </math>
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| − | **g. <math> P(4 < X < 9) </math>
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| − | * '''Exercise 4:''' Verify that your answers in exercise 3 agree with the formulas discussed in class, for example, <math> P(X=x)=(1-p)^{x-1}p </math>, <math> P(X > k)=(1-p)^k </math>, etc. Write all your answers in detail using those formulas.
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| − | * '''Exercise 5:''' Let <math> X </math> follow the hypergeometric probability distribution with <math> N=52 </math>, <math> n=10 </math>, and number of "hot" items 13. Use SOCR to graph and print this distribution.
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| − | * '''Exercise 6:''' Refer to exercise 5. Use SOCR to compute <math> P(X=5) </math> and write down the formula that gives this answer.
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| − | * '''Exercise 7:''' Binomial approximation to hypergeometric: Let <math> X </math> follow the hypergeometric probability distribution with <math> N=1000, \ n=10 </math> and number of "hot" items 50. Graph and print this distribution.
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| − | * SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu
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| − | * [http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/index.php/SOCR_Events_May2007 Back to the SOCR USCOTS 2007 Breakout session]
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| − | * [http://wiki.stat.ucla.edu/socr/uploads/d/d5/SOCR_CAUSEwayWorkshopFlier_Apr2007.pdf SOCR/CAUSEway Workshop Flier] ([[SOCR_Events_Aug2007 | Aug. 06-08, 2007, UCLA]])
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| − | * [[SOCR_EduMaterials_GuidelinesWikiEditing | SOCR Wiki Resource Editing Guide]]
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| − | * SOCR Home page: http://www.socr.ucla.edu
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