SP Iii-2
SP Iii-2
SP Iii-2
The teacher will then discuss variables that are associated with probabilities,
called random variables.
B. Establishing a purpose for The teacher lets the students realize that recognizing values of random variable
the lesson as important skills needed to understand concepts of a probability distribution
for a discrete random variable and its properties.
The teacher lets the students, in groups of three, read the experiment and
answer the following questions:
Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. We want to find out the
number of defective cell phones that occur.
1. What is the experiment?
C. Presenting examples/ 2. When the one cell phone is being tested what could be the possible
instances of the new characteristic?
lesson 3. What are the elements of the sample space in one cell phone?
4. Is second cell phone characteristic dependent to the first cell phone tested?
5. Is the third cell phone characteristic dependent to the second cell phone
tested?
6. What are the elements of the sample space in three cell phone?
7. List the possible outcomes when three cell phones being tested at random.
8. How did you find the activity?
9. What new knowledge did you learn from the activity?.
The teacher discusses with the students the process of arriving at the answer of
D. Discussing new concepts the activity. Furthermore, he/she facilitates the drawing of answers of the
and practicing new skills questions from the students in a manner that it is interactive. This can be done
#1 by asking other students to react on the answers given by one student. The
teacher emphasizes the proper listing of possible outcomes in an experiment.
Suppose three cell phones are tested at random. We want to find out the
number of defective cell phones that occur. Thus, to each outcome in the
sample space we shall assign a value. These are 0, 1, 2, or 3. If there is no
defective cell phone, we assign the number 0; if there is 1 defective cell phone,
we assign the number 1; if there are two defective cell phones, we assign the
number 2; and 3, if there are two defective cell phones. The possible values of
this random variable are 0,1,2,3.
(see attachment for the illustration)
Given the values of the possible outcomes, the teacher will now show the
probability distribution of that given random variable.
Prepared: Checked:
Which of the following shows a discrete probability distribution? If it is not a discrete probability
distribution, identify the property or properties that are not satisfied.
1)
x 0 1 2 3
P(x) 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
2)
x 0 1 2 3 4
P(x) 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5 1/5
3)
x 0 1 2 3 4
P(x) 0.10 0.20 0.25 0.40 0.05
4)
x 0 1 2
P(x) 1/3 1/4 0
5)
x 0 1 2
P(x) 1.1 0.01 0.08
Answer key:
1) Probability distribution
2) Probability distribution
3) Probability distribution
4) Not a probability distribution; one probability is equal to 0; sum not equals to 1
5) Not a probability distribution; one probability is greater than one; sum not equals to 1