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Lec06 DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES
... determine when data so badly contradicts hypotheses that one ought to drop the hypotheses. For instance, if I pull a coin from my pocket you will probably assume it is a fair coin (your hypothesis). If I then flip heads on it 100 times in a row, this data will probably persuade you that the coin is ...
... determine when data so badly contradicts hypotheses that one ought to drop the hypotheses. For instance, if I pull a coin from my pocket you will probably assume it is a fair coin (your hypothesis). If I then flip heads on it 100 times in a row, this data will probably persuade you that the coin is ...
Probability Sampling
... The number of trials Y that it takes to get a success in a geometric setting is a geometric random variable. The probability distribution of Y is a geometric distribution with parameter p, the probability of a success on any trial. The possible values of Y are 1, 2, 3, …. ...
... The number of trials Y that it takes to get a success in a geometric setting is a geometric random variable. The probability distribution of Y is a geometric distribution with parameter p, the probability of a success on any trial. The possible values of Y are 1, 2, 3, …. ...
Lecture 16 1 Worst-Case vs. Average-Case Complexity
... how difficult the problem is to solve for an instance chosen randomly from some distribution. It may be the case for a certain problem that hard instances exist but are extremely rare. Many reductions use very specifically constructed problems, so their conclusions may not apply to “average” problem ...
... how difficult the problem is to solve for an instance chosen randomly from some distribution. It may be the case for a certain problem that hard instances exist but are extremely rare. Many reductions use very specifically constructed problems, so their conclusions may not apply to “average” problem ...
+ Combining Random Variables
... E(T) = µT = µX + µY In general, the mean of the sum of several random variables is the sum of their means. How much variability is there in the total number of passengers who go on Pete’s and Erin’s tours on a randomly selected day? To determine this, we need to find the probability distribution of ...
... E(T) = µT = µX + µY In general, the mean of the sum of several random variables is the sum of their means. How much variability is there in the total number of passengers who go on Pete’s and Erin’s tours on a randomly selected day? To determine this, we need to find the probability distribution of ...
Probability problems to practice: 1. I spin these two spinners, and
... 4. Alice had 6 pencils and 4 pens in her pencil box. 2 things (pencils or pens) fell out of the pencil box. What is the probability that one was a pen and the other was a pencil? a. If you break the process of things falling out of the box into sequential steps, what would those steps be? One thing ...
... 4. Alice had 6 pencils and 4 pens in her pencil box. 2 things (pencils or pens) fell out of the pencil box. What is the probability that one was a pen and the other was a pencil? a. If you break the process of things falling out of the box into sequential steps, what would those steps be? One thing ...
1 review of probability
... We will refer to it as the Distribution Function. Note that the (Cumulative Probability) Distribution Function is an increasing function of the random variable (X in this example). It may increase continuously as in the figure below, or by discrete jumps, or both, but it cannot decrease (monotonical ...
... We will refer to it as the Distribution Function. Note that the (Cumulative Probability) Distribution Function is an increasing function of the random variable (X in this example). It may increase continuously as in the figure below, or by discrete jumps, or both, but it cannot decrease (monotonical ...
Randomness
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Randomness is the lack of pattern or predictability in events. A random sequence of events, symbols or steps has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual random events are by definition unpredictable, but in many cases the frequency of different outcomes over a large number of events (or ""trials"") is predictable. For example, when throwing two dice, the outcome of any particular roll is unpredictable, but a sum of 7 will occur twice as often as 4. In this view, randomness is a measure of uncertainty of an outcome, rather than haphazardness, and applies to concepts of chance, probability, and information entropy.The fields of mathematics, probability, and statistics use formal definitions of randomness. In statistics, a random variable is an assignment of a numerical value to each possible outcome of an event space. This association facilitates the identification and the calculation of probabilities of the events. Random variables can appear in random sequences. A random process is a sequence of random variables whose outcomes do not follow a deterministic pattern, but follow an evolution described by probability distributions. These and other constructs are extremely useful in probability theory and the various applications of randomness.Randomness is most often used in statistics to signify well-defined statistical properties. Monte Carlo methods, which rely on random input (such as from random number generators or pseudorandom number generators), are important techniques in science, as, for instance, in computational science. By analogy, quasi-Monte Carlo methods use quasirandom number generators.Random selection is a method of selecting items (often called units) from a population where the probability of choosing a specific item is the proportion of those items in the population. For example, with a bowl containing just 10 red marbles and 90 blue marbles, a random selection mechanism would choose a red marble with probability 1/10. Note that a random selection mechanism that selected 10 marbles from this bowl would not necessarily result in 1 red and 9 blue. In situations where a population consists of items that are distinguishable, a random selection mechanism requires equal probabilities for any item to be chosen. That is, if the selection process is such that each member of a population, of say research subjects, has the same probability of being chosen then we can say the selection process is random.