probabilities.

values of the variable and the corresponding

Statistical Model – uses probabilities to

describe a situation and make predictions

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Binomial
Binomial Distribution Distribution
– used to model a
situation
A trialifhas
thetwo
following conditions
possible are met:
outcomes;
The trial
a success is
The trials(p) areand a failure (q)
repeated n times of success
The probability
independent
(p) is constant for each trial
Normal
Symmetrical with Distribution
the mean,
For Standard
median Normal Variable, , the mean is 0 and
the results can be at its centre
and mode all
the standard
For General deviation 1 and
, the mean and
read off of back
converted the table
to Standard Normal
Normal Variable, standard deviation
Variable to record the results from the
must be
table
e.g. For = 100, =
5, and P(X < 110)
Normal Approximation to
If X is a binomial
therandom
Binomialvariable with np>5 and
Distribution
curve to approximate the probability
nq>5, then we can use the area under the normal
of a Use
binomial random
= np, and = variable.
as
This will give you the General Normal Variable
the parameters
Normal
which must be converted
To approximate back
a binomial into Standard
(discrete random
Variable
variable) we add or subtract 0.5 from our
variable) with a normal (continuous random
e.g. For
discrete
find value to convert to a continuous value.

If it were
to find