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Lecture 3 Discrete RV In-Class Exercise

This document contains guidance for exercises related to a lecture on discrete random variables. It defines Bernoulli random variables and explains that multiple Bernoulli random variables form a binomial random variable. It describes how random variables are defined by probability distributions that assign probabilities to specific values or ranges of values. It provides examples of computing expectations and variances for discrete random variables and outlines relationships between different types of discrete random variables like Bernoulli, binomial, hypergeometric, and Poisson.

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Lecture 3 Discrete RV In-Class Exercise

This document contains guidance for exercises related to a lecture on discrete random variables. It defines Bernoulli random variables and explains that multiple Bernoulli random variables form a binomial random variable. It describes how random variables are defined by probability distributions that assign probabilities to specific values or ranges of values. It provides examples of computing expectations and variances for discrete random variables and outlines relationships between different types of discrete random variables like Bernoulli, binomial, hypergeometric, and Poisson.

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APSC 3115 Olivia Cantrell

Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers


Lecture 3 Guide
Discrete Random Variables
NOTE: These guiding exercises are to aid in discussing the concepts presented in Lecture 3. They will not be
collected. Please use a scratch paper or a piece of paper from your notebook to follow along in-class.

EXERCISE 1.
Random variables whose values can only take 0 or 1 are called __Bernoulli random variable_____.
Multiple Bernoulli random variables = binomial random variable (is a collected on the Bernoulli random
variables)

EXERCISE 2.
Each random variable is described by a probability distribution.
- A random variable is a variable because: it can take different possible numerical values
- A random variable is random because: the observed value depends on the results of the
experimental outcomes (ie random observations drawn from the population) (probabilities
that the outcomes would occur and the probabilities aka the probability distributions)
- Why must a random variable be described by a probability distribution?
Assigns a probability to specific values (discrete random variables) or a range of values
(continuous random variables) in the sample space

EXERCISE 3.
For Example 3.7 on slide 10, please draw the probability mass function of the number of defectives in the
selected lot. Please also draw its cumulative distribution function. Finally, what is E[X] and Var[X]?

EXERCISE 4.
a.) If you are given the probability mass function for a discrete random variable, can you obtain its
cumulative distribution function?
yes
b.) If you are given the cumulative distribution function for a discrete random variable, can you
obtain its probability mass function?
yes
c.) **Describe the relationship between the cumulative distribution function and the probability mass
function. Use words and pictures as you feel is necessary.
Cdf is if line up all possibilities (numerical possibilities, from lowest to highest), add up
probability then cumulatively it will add up to 1. Therefore it creates
Pfm sum (discrete)
APSC 3115 Olivia Cantrell

Continuous random variables (integral)


EXERCISE 5.
The cost of a certain diagnostic test on a car depends on the number of cylinders in the car’s engine.
Using the information in Exercise 2 on slide 19, compute the expected value and variance of the cost of
the diagnostic test.

EXERCISE 6.
What are population parameters? Why are they useful in describing random variables?

EXERCISE 7.
What is the relationship between a Bernoulli random variable and a Binomial random variable? The
relationship between a Bernoulli and a Hypergeometric random variable? The relationship between a
Bernoulli and a Negative Binomial random variable?

EXERCISE 8.
The Poisson random variable is used to model _____________ events per unit of ________________.
These units can be ____________ (e.g., customer arrivals every 15 minutes) or _____________ (e.g.,
number of unexploded ordnance per square kilometer). The Poisson random variable is also used to
model _______________ processes.

Please also complete Exercises 1 and 2 from the Lecture 3 assignment.

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