Binomial Distribution

Cards (5)

  • Binomial distribution: X B(n,p)X\ \sim B\left(n,p\right)
  • How to calculate P(X < a)P\left(X\ <\ a\right) ?
    P(X a1)P\left(X\ \le a-1\right)
  • How to calculate P(a < X b)P\left(a\ <\ X\ \le b\right) ?
    P(X b)  P(X a)P\left(X\ \le b\right)\ -\ P\left(X\ \le a\right)
  • What should we do for inverse probabilities?
    use the provided tables!
  • P(X=r) P (X = r) = (rn)pr(1p)nr(^n_r)p^r(1 - p)^{n-r}