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5.8: Chapter 5 Formulas

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    Discrete Distribution Table:

    0 ≤ P(xi) ≤ 1

    ∑ P(xi) = 1

    Discrete Distribution Mean: μ = Σ(xi ∙ P(xi))
    Discrete Distribution Variance: σ2 = ∑(xi2 ∙P(xi)) – μ2 Discrete Distribution Standard Deviation: σ = \(\sqrt {\sigma ^{2}}\)
    Geometric Distribution: P(X = x) = p q (x – 1) , x = 1, 2, 3, …

    Geometric Distribution Mean: μ = \(\frac {1}{p}\)

    Variance: σ2 = \(\frac {1−p}{p ^{2}}\)

    Standard Deviation: σ = \(\sqrt \frac {1-p}{p ^{2}}\)

    Binomial Distribution: P(X = x) = nCx·px ·q(n-x) , x = 0, 1, 2, … , n

    Binomial Distribution Mean: μ = n ∙ p

    Variance: σ 2 = n ∙ p ∙ q

    Standard Deviation: σ = \(\sqrt n \cdot p \cdot q\)

    Hypergeometric Distribution: P(X = x) = \(\frac{a C_{x} \cdot {}_b C_{n-x}}{ _{N} C_{n}}\)

    p = P(success)

    q = P(failure) = 1 – p

    n = sample size

    N = population size

    Unit Change for Poisson Distribution: New μ = old μ(\(\frac{\text { new units }}{\text { old units }}\)) Poisson Distribution: P(X = x) = \(\frac{e^{-\mu} \mu^{x}}{x !}\)

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