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* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html .  
 
* '''Description''':  You can access the applets for the above distributions at  http://www.socr.ucla.edu/htmls/SOCR_DistributionFunctors.html .  
  
* '''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:
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* '''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:
 
**a.<math> X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) </math>
 
**a.<math> X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) </math>
 
**b.<math> x \sim Binomial(1,0.5) </math>
 
**b.<math> x \sim Binomial(1,0.5) </math>
 
**c.<math> x \sim Geometric(0.5) </math>
 
**c.<math> x \sim Geometric(0.5) </math>
 
**d.<math> x \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) </math>
 
**d.<math> x \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) </math>
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Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of <math> X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) </math>
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[[Image:Example.jpg]]
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Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?

Revision as of 21:25, 8 January 2008

This is an activity to explore the Moment Generating Functions for the Bernoulli, Binomial, Geometric and Negative-Binomial Distributions.

  • 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:
    • a.\( X \sim Bernoulli(0.5) \)
    • b.\( x \sim Binomial(1,0.5) \)
    • c.\( x \sim Geometric(0.5) \)
    • d.\( x \sim NegativeBinomial(1, 0.5) \)

Below you can see a snapshot of the MGF of the distribution of \( X \sim Bernoulli(0.8) \) File:Example.jpg


Do you notice any similarities between the graphs of these MGF's between any of these distributions?