Notes on Special Discrete Distributions
... Let Z be the number of the first month that has 8 or more suicides. Then Z is Geometric(α). We want to compute P (Z = i) = (1 − α)i−1 α, for i = 1, 2, 3, . . .. (d). Today is January 1. What is the probability that the fourth month to have 8 or more suicides in the city is ...
... Let Z be the number of the first month that has 8 or more suicides. Then Z is Geometric(α). We want to compute P (Z = i) = (1 − α)i−1 α, for i = 1, 2, 3, . . .. (d). Today is January 1. What is the probability that the fourth month to have 8 or more suicides in the city is ...
Final Exam Review – Part 4
... c. Suppose a person tests positive for this disease. What is the probability that this person actually has the disease? ...
... c. Suppose a person tests positive for this disease. What is the probability that this person actually has the disease? ...
A short introduction to probability for statistics
... While this formula is the starting point of a dierent approa h to statisti al analysis than the one whi h we will be mostly on erned with, it is also an interesting formalization of so- alled indu tive arguments. In a separate le (look for the le Conditional.pdf ), we'll show how it an be use ...
... While this formula is the starting point of a dierent approa h to statisti al analysis than the one whi h we will be mostly on erned with, it is also an interesting formalization of so- alled indu tive arguments. In a separate le (look for the le Conditional.pdf ), we'll show how it an be use ...
Handout 2
... red ball is drawn from one of these five urns. What is the probability that the urn was beige? (Answer=8/20=0.40) Example 8: Incidence of a rare disease. Only 1 in 1000 adults is afflicted with a rare disease for which a diagnostic test has been developed. The test is such that, when an individual a ...
... red ball is drawn from one of these five urns. What is the probability that the urn was beige? (Answer=8/20=0.40) Example 8: Incidence of a rare disease. Only 1 in 1000 adults is afflicted with a rare disease for which a diagnostic test has been developed. The test is such that, when an individual a ...
