Chapter 9: Discrete probability distributions Notes

Discrete random variables and their probability distributions, relative frequency, expected value, variance and standard deviation.

Sections

  1. 9A Probability distributions Mastered

    Discrete random variables, probability distribution tables and graphs, the condition that probabilities add to 1, and relative frequencies as estimates of probabilities.

  2. 9B Expected value Mastered

    The mean or expected value of a discrete random variable, symmetric distributions, fair games and expected gain, and the expected value of a linear function aX + b.

  3. 9C Variance and standard deviation Mastered

    The variance and standard deviation of a discrete random variable, the two formulas for variance, and the variance of a linear function aX + b.

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