Homework Hints 13-3

Problems 1-4
Look in the book to find a statement of each of these properties.

Problems 5-10
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Section 13.6: Binomial Distribution

13.6 Outline

  1. Random variables
    1. definition
    2. binomial random variable
    3. binomial distribution
  2. Binomial experiments
    1. definition; four conditions
      1. fixed number of trials
      2. two mutually exclusive outcomes
      3. trials are independent
      4. probabilities remain constant for each trial
    2. binomial distribution theorem
    3. Bernoulli trials

 

13.6 Essential

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Section 13.5: Bayes’ Theorem

13.5 Outline

  1. Probabilities with a partition of a sample space
    1. partition of a set
    2. probability of a partitioned event
  2. A posteriori probabilities
    1. a priori probabilities
    2. a posteriori probabilities
    3. Bayes’ theorem

 

13.5 Essential Ideas

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Section 13.4: Calculated probabilities

13.4 Outline

  1. Keno games
  2. Independent events
    1. independent
    2. dependent
  3. Probability of an intersection
    1. multiplication property of probability
    2. birthday problem
  4. Probability of a union
    1. addition property of probability
    2. probability of independent events
  5. Drawing with and without replacement
  6. Stochastic processes and tree diagrams
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