S2 Binomial Distribution

This helps to remember key points about the binomial distribution with a couple of practice questions.  Most is given in the formula book.

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  • Created by: Sarah
  • Created on: 11-10-12 14:58

1. A fair coin is flipped 10 times. How can you model the number of heads?

  • X~B(10, 0.5)
  • X~B(0.5, 10)
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Other questions in this quiz

2. X~B(5, 0.2). What is P(X=2)

  • 0.2277
  • 0.2048
  • 0.2148

3. A binomial distribution has a mean of 20 and a standard deviation of 2. What are the values of n and p?

  • n=24, p=0.85
  • n=25 p=0.8
  • n=22 p=0.9

4. How do you calculate the expectation of a binomial distribution?

  • E(X)=np
  • E(X)=n+p
  • E(X)=np-(1-p)

5. What must be the case for the distribution to be modelled binomially?

  • Set number of trials, outcome is either success or failure, outcomes are independent of each other, probability of success is constant.
  • Data is continuous, mean and standard deviation are the same

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