Binomial distribution

Definition-
If

i) An experiment results only in two ways, success or failure

ii) The probability of success is p and the probability of failure is q such that p+q=1and
iii) The experiment repeated n times then the probability of r successes is given by

P(x=r)=𝑛𝑐𝑟 𝑝𝑟 𝑞 𝑛−𝑟

And the resulting probability distribution is called Binomial.

A variate having binomial distribution is called binomial variate. The characteristics n, p, q

are called the parameters or the constants of the distribution.

If the values of the parameters n, p, q are known the probability distribution is completely
known.

Uses of binomial distribution

1) The tossing of a coin –head or tails
2) The result of exam- success or failure
3) The result of a game- win or lose
4) The result of inspection- acceptance or rejection etc.,

Properties of Binomial distribution

i) If x denotes Binomial variate, the mean of the distribution is given by
X=np
ii) The variance of the distribution is v(x)=npq
iii) The experiment, each of n trials, is repeated N times then the expectation of r success
i.e. the expected frequency of r success in N experiments is NP

Frequency=NP=N*𝑛𝑐𝑟 𝑝𝑟 𝑞 𝑛−𝑟