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Probability
of
k
successes
in
n
independent
Bernoulli
trials
n
independent
coin
tosses,
P(H)
=
p
Ilya Pollak
Probability
of
k
successes
in
n
independent
Bernoulli
trials
n
independent
coin
tosses,
P(H)
=
p
E.g.,
P(HTTHHH)
=
p(1-p)(1-p)p3
=
p4(1-p)2
Ilya Pollak
Probability
of
k
successes
in
n
independent
Bernoulli
trials
n
independent
coin
tosses,
P(H)
=
p
E.g.,
P(HTTHHH)
=
p(1-p)(1-p)p3
=
p4(1-p)2
P(specic
sequence
with
k
Hs
and
(n-k)
Ts)
=
pk
(1-p)n-k
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Probability
of
k
successes
in
n
independent
Bernoulli
trials
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Probability
of
k
successes
in
n
independent
Bernoulli
trials
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Comments
on
binomial
probabiliGes
and
the
bell
curve
Summing
many
independent
random
contribuGons
usually
leads
to
the
bell-shaped
distribuGon.
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Comments
on
binomial
probabiliGes
and
the
bell
curve
Summing
many
independent
random
contribuGons
usually
leads
to
the
bell-shaped
distribuGon.
This
is
called
the
central
limit
theorem
(CLT).
We
have
not
yet
covered
the
tools
to
precisely
state
the
CLT,
but
we
will
later
in
the
course.
Ilya Pollak
Comments
on
binomial
probabiliGes
and
the
bell
curve
Summing
many
independent
random
contribuGons
usually
leads
to
the
bell-shaped
distribuGon.
This
is
called
the
central
limit
theorem
(CLT).
We
have
not
yet
covered
the
tools
to
precisely
state
the
CLT,
but
we
will
later
in
the
course.
The
behavior
of
the
binomial
distribuGon
for
large
n
shown
above
is
a
manifestaGon
of
the
CLT.
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Note:
o for 50 flips, the most likely outcome is the correct one, 0.8
o its also close to the average outcome
o its very unlikely to make a mistake of more than 0.2
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