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Discrete Random Variable

The document defines key concepts related to discrete random variables including: - The mean is the weighted average of all possible values a random variable can take, with probabilities as weights. - The variance is a weighted average of squared deviations from the mean, with probabilities as weights. - The standard deviation is the square root of the variance. Formulas for calculating the mean, variance, and standard deviation of a discrete random variable are provided. An example problem demonstrates computing these quantities for a given probability distribution.

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Discrete Random Variable

The document defines key concepts related to discrete random variables including: - The mean is the weighted average of all possible values a random variable can take, with probabilities as weights. - The variance is a weighted average of squared deviations from the mean, with probabilities as weights. - The standard deviation is the square root of the variance. Formulas for calculating the mean, variance, and standard deviation of a discrete random variable are provided. An example problem demonstrates computing these quantities for a given probability distribution.

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DISCRETE

RANDOM
VARIABLE
MEAN, VARIANCE, AND STANDARD DEVIATION
MEAN
The mean (or expected value, expectation,
mathematical expectation, or first moment) of
a random variable is the weighted average of
all possible values that this random variable
can take on. The weights used in computing
this average are probabilities in the case of a
discrete random variable.
FORMULA FOR MEAN
  

WHEREIN,

 is the chance variable


is the probability of the chance variable.
Example
Find the mean of the discrete random variable
 

  whose probability distribution is

Solutions:
Using the formula for mean we have,
VARIANCE
The variance of a random variable is a
weighted average of the squared deviations
from the mean. In the discrete case the
weights are given by the probability mass
function, and in the continuous case the
weights are given by the probability density
function.
FORMULA FOR VARIANCE
  
The variance () of a discrete random variable  is the number

which by algebra is equivalent to the formula


STANDARD DEVIATION

 The

standard deviation, , of a discrete random
variable is the square root of its variance.
FORMULA FOR STANDARD
DEVIATION
  

which by algebra is equivalent to the formula


 
A discrete random variable  has the following probability
distribution. Compute each of the following quantities.
6

•Find
•The mean  of .
•The variance  of .
•The standard deviation  of .
 Solution: Find
  Base
on the second condition of Probability Mass Function which states that, the
sum of the probabilities for each value of the random variable must equal one, we
can get the value of

equate with 1
add like terms
transposition

Therefore
Solution: Mean

 
Using the formula for mean we have

Solution: Variance
 
Using the formula for variance we have

Solution: Standard Deviation

 
We can easily get the answer for

standard deviation by simply getting the


square root of the variance .
 
Solution:

 
We can get the answer directly from the table,

wherein is equal to

6
 
Solution:
 
From the table we have two elements which are

greater than , and


6
 
Solution:
 
From the table we have two elements which are greater

than or equal to 5, and .

6
 
Solution:
 
From the table we have two elements which are less than

or equal to 4, and .

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