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Bernoulli Experiments, Binomial Distribution
Bernoulli Experiments, Binomial DistributionIf a person randomly guesses the answers to 10 multiplechoice questions, we can ask questions likeIwhat is the probability that they get none right?Iwhat is the probability that they get all ten right?Iwhat is the probability that they get at least threeright?Ihow many do they get right on average?These and similar scenarios lead toBernoulli Experimentsandthe Binomial Distribution . ABernoulli Experimentinvolves repeated (in this case 10) independent trials of anexperiment with 2 outcomes usually called success and failure (in this case getting a question right/wrong). Bernoulli experiment withnTrialsHere are the rules for a Bernoulli The experiment is repeated a fixed number of times (ntimes).2. Each trial has only two possible outcomes, success and failure . The possible outcomes are exactly thesame for each The probability of success remains the same for eachtrial. We usepfor the probability of success (on eachtrial) andq= 1 pfor the probability of The trials are independent (the outcome of previoustrials has no influence on the outcome of the nexttrial).
0:0756 + 0:2646 + 0:4116 + 0:2401 = 1. Binomial Random Variables For a Bernoulli experiment with n trials, let X denote the number of successes in the n trials, where the probability of success in each trial is p. This distribution of random the variable X is …
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