See Also [[Stats - Binomial Distribution]]S Flashcards What is the notation for $X$ being a random variable following a normal distribution with mode $\mu$ and standard deviation $\sigma$?? $$ X ~ N(\mu, \sigma^2) $$
What is this?? The normal distribution.
What is the area under the normal distribution?? $$ 1 $$
What is required for a random variable $X$ to follow a normal distribution?? It has to be continious.
How would you find $P(170 < X < 190)$ for the normal distribution?
2021-05-25
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See Also [[Stats - Statistical Distributions]]S [[Stats - Probability]]S [[Maths - Combinations]]?? Flashcards What $ \left(\begin{matrix} n \ r \end{matrix}\right) $ could you write for the number of ways you can pick $3$ students from a class of $28$?? $$ \left(\begin{matrix} 28 \\ 3 \end{matrix}\right) $$
What $ \left(\begin{matrix} n \ r \end{matrix}\right) $ could you write for the number of ways you could pick $2$ left-handed people from a total of $3$ people?
2021-02-04
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See Also [[Stats - Binomial Distribution]]S [[Stats - Probability]]S Flashcards What is a random variable?? A variable whose value depends on the outcome of a random event.
What is the notation for a random variable?? Capital letters, $X$.
What is the notation for the random variable $X$ taking a particular value $x$?? $$ P(X = x) $$
Can you explain $P(X = x) The probability that the outcome of the random variable $X$ was the specific outcome $x$.
2021-01-26
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What two forms do you give answers to probability questions?? Decimals Fractions What does $P(\text{experiment})$ mean?? The probability of experiment.
In terms of probability, what is an experiment?? A repeatable process that gives rise to a number of outcomes.
In terms of probability, what is an event?? A set of one or more outcomes.
What is sample space?? The set of all possible outcomes.
2021-01-21 What does it mean for two events to be mutually exclusive?
2021-01-12
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