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Lesson 2.

Mean of a Discrete
Random Variable
Learning Competencies

At the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to do


the following:

● Illustrate the mean and the variance of a discrete


random variable (M11/12SP-IIb-1).

● Calculate the mean and the variance of a discrete


random variable (M11/12SP-IIb-2).
Learning Competencies

At the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to do


the following:

● Interpret the mean and the variance of a discrete


random variable (M11/12SP-IIb-3).

● Solve problems involving mean and variance of


probability distributions (M11/12SP-IIb-4).
Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the learners should be able to


do the following:

● Calculate the mean of a discrete random variable.

● Interpret the mean of a discrete random variable.

● Apply the concept of the mean of a discrete random


variable in real-life situations.
Let us say that you are
playing an online game.

In each level, you can


either lose ₱100,
break-even, win ₱300,
or win ₱1 000.
Wouldn’t it be nice to
know the expected
outcome if you keep on
playing this game?
In fact, you can have a general idea on the possible outcome
through statistics. If you keep on playing the game, you can
determine the average of the outcomes through discrete
random variables.
In the previous discussion, we have learned that a discrete
random variable is a variable which has a finite number of
possible values or an infinite number of values that can be
counted. We can determine the average of these values, which is
the number that is most likely to appear when the experiment is
performed.

In this lesson, we will learn how to determine the mean of a


discrete random variable.
Essential Questions

● What is the difference between the mean of a raw data to


the mean of a probability distribution?

● How does the interpretation of the mean affect our


understanding of the probability distribution?
Learn about It!

Mean of a Discrete Random Variable


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Learn about It!

Mean of a Discrete Random Variable


Learn about It!

Properties of the Mean of a Discrete Random


Variable
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Learn about It!

Properties of the Mean of a Discrete Random


Variable
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Try it!Practice
Let’s
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Let’s

Example 2: Find the mean or the expected value of the


probability distribution shown below.
Solution to Let’s Practice

Example 2: Find the mean or the expected value of the


probability distribution shown below.
Solution to Let’s Practice

Example 2: Find the mean or the expected value of the


probability distribution shown below.
Solution to Let’s Practice

Example 2: Find the mean or the expected value of the


probability distribution shown below.

TOTAL 3.59
Solution to Let’s Practice

Example 2: Find the mean or the expected value of the


probability distribution shown below.
Try It!
Try It!
Try It!

Group Practice: To be done in groups of two to five

The data shown on the next slide is the number of laptops


sold per day during the past six months and its
corresponding probability. Compute for the expected value
of the laptop sales and interpret its value.
Try It!

Group Practice: To be done in groups of two to five


Key Points
Key Points
Bibliography
“Expected Value in Statistics: Definition and Calculating it.” Statistics How To. Retrieved 01 July 2019 from
https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-statistics/expected-value/

Yale University: Department of Statistics and Data Science. “Mean and Variance of Random Variables.”
Accessed September 18, 2018. http://www.stat.yale.edu/Courses/1997-98/101/rvmnvar.htm

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