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Lecture 12.4

1. The document discusses continuous random variables and their probability distribution functions. It provides examples of the triangular distribution and calculates probabilities based on a triangular density curve. 2. Questions are asked about the probabilities of a basketball player's playing time and a student's study time based on their respective triangular distributions. 3. The solutions show the calculations to find the height of the curve at a value, and probabilities of playing/studying for more than and between certain time periods.

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Lecture 12.4

1. The document discusses continuous random variables and their probability distribution functions. It provides examples of the triangular distribution and calculates probabilities based on a triangular density curve. 2. Questions are asked about the probabilities of a basketball player's playing time and a student's study time based on their respective triangular distributions. 3. The solutions show the calculations to find the height of the curve at a value, and probabilities of playing/studying for more than and between certain time periods.

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Statistics for Data Science -1

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Continuous Random Variables-Continuous distributions

Usha Mohan

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Learning objectives

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Learning objectives

1. Define what is a continuous random variable.

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Learning objectives

1. Define what is a continuous random variable.


2. Probability distribution function and examples

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Learning objectives

1. Define what is a continuous random variable.


2. Probability distribution function and examples
3. Cumulative distribution function, graphs, and examples.

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Learning objectives

1. Define what is a continuous random variable.


2. Probability distribution function and examples
3. Cumulative distribution function, graphs, and examples.
4. Expectation and variance of random variables.

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Non Uniform distribution

Triangular distribution

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Non Uniform distribution

Example
Suppose that the number of minutes of playing time of a certain
college basketball player in a randomly chosen game has the
following density curve.
f (x)

0.05

0.025

10 20 30 40 x
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Non Uniform distribution

Questions

Find the probability that the player plays


1. Over 20 minutes
2. Less than 25 minutes
3. Between 15 and 35 minutes
4. More than 35 minutes

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Solution

Let X be amount of playing time in minutes. Find the probability


that the player plays
1. Over 20 minutes =P(X > 20) = 0.5 + 0.25 = 0.75
2. Less than 25 minutes=P(X < 25) = 0.25 + 0.25 = 0.5
3. Between 15 and 35
minutes=P(15 ≤ X ≤ 35) = 0.125 + 0.5 + 0.125 = 0.75
4. More than 35 minutes=P(X > 35) = 0.125

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Triangular distribution

Triangular distribution
It is now 2 p.m., and Joan is planning on studying for her statistics
test until 6 p.m., when she will have to go out to dinner. However,
she knows that she will probably have interruptions and thinks that
the amount of time she will actually spend studying in the next 4
hours is a random variable whose probability density curve is as
follows:

f (x)

0 1 2 3 4 x
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Triangular distribution

Questions

1. What is the height of the curve at the value 2?


2. What is the probability she will study more than 3 hrs?
3. What is the probability she will study between 1 and 3 hrs?

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Triangular distribution

Solution

f (x)
0.5

0.25

0 1 2 3 4 x

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Triangular distribution

Solution

f (x)
0.5

0.25

0 1 2 3 4 x

1. What is the height of the curve at the value 2?

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Triangular distribution

Solution

f (x)
0.5

0.25

0 1 2 3 4 x

1. What is the height of the curve at the value 2?=1/2unit

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Triangular distribution

Solution

f (x)
0.5

0.25

0 1 2 3 4 x

1. What is the height of the curve at the value 2?=1/2unit


2. What is the probability she will study more than 3 hrs?

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Triangular distribution

Solution

f (x)
0.5

0.25

0 1 2 3 4 x

1. What is the height of the curve at the value 2?=1/2unit


2. What is the probability she will study more than 3 hrs?=1/8

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Triangular distribution

Solution

f (x)
0.5

0.25

0 1 2 3 4 x

1. What is the height of the curve at the value 2?=1/2unit


2. What is the probability she will study more than 3 hrs?=1/8
3. What is the probability she will study between 1 and 3
hrs?
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Triangular distribution

Solution

f (x)
0.5

0.25

0 1 2 3 4 x

1. What is the height of the curve at the value 2?=1/2unit


2. What is the probability she will study more than 3 hrs?=1/8
3. What is the probability she will study between 1 and 3
hrs?=3/4
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Triangular distribution

Section summary

I Non uniform distribution


I Triangular distribution

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