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Unit 1 - How To Access The Portal: Week - 0 - Assignment - 1

This document discusses concepts related to probability density functions and distributions including definitions of probability density function, mean, variance, and exponential distribution. It also includes sample questions and answers related to these concepts.

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The due date for submitting this assignment has passed.
How to access As per our records you have not submitted this Due on 2018-07-31, 23:59 IST.
the portal assignment.

How to access The following Questions are based on the information given below:
the home
page?
For a continuous random variable X, the distribution F(x) is defined by
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the course
F (X) = P r(X ≤ x) = P r(X < x)
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=probability of X being less than (or equal to) x
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the MCQ, MSQ
and 1) The probability density function can be defined as: 3 points
Programming
assignments?
dF(x)
Quiz : f(x) = dx
Week_0_assignment_1

Week 1 dF(x)
f(x) = x
Week 2
f(x) = ∫ dF (x)
Week 3

Week 4 f(x) = ∫ dF (x) ∫ dx


No, the answer is incorrect.
Week 5
Score: 0

Week 6 Accepted Answers:


dF(x)
f(x) = dx
Week 7
2) The mean or Expected value E(X) can be defined as: 3 points
Week 8

∞
Week 9 E(x) = ∫−∞ f(x)dx

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Assignment
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Solution ∞
E(x) = ∫−∞ xf(x)dx
3) The variance V(X) can be defined as: 3 points

V (X) = E(X) − E(X2 )

V (X) = E(X2 ) − [E(X)]2

V (X) = [E(X)]2 − [E(X)]

V (X) = E(X2 ) − [E(X2 )]2


No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
V (X) = E(X2 ) − [E(X)]2

The probability density function of exponential distributed random variable X is defined by

λe−x
f(x) = {
if x ≥ 0
0 if x < 0

4) The mean or expected value of an exponentially distributed random 3 points


variable X with rate parameter λ is given by

1
E(X) = λ

1
E(X) =
λ2

E(X) = λ

E(X) = λ2
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1
E(X) = λ

5) The variance of X is given by 3 points

1
V (X) = λ

V (X) = λ2

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V (X) = λ

1
V (X) =
λ2

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1
V (X) =
λ2

Consider the following data set:

6) What will be the mean of the data set? 2 points

40

38

49.5

53

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
40

7) What will be the standard deviation of the data set? 3 points

14.3

17.8

15.8

23.2

No, the answer is incorrect.


Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
15.8

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