STSCI/BTRY 3080

Preliminary Examination 1
Fall 2020

1 Formula Sheet
1. If X ∼ Binomial(n, p), binomial distribution with parameters (n, p), the p.f. is
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 n px (1 − p)(n−x) x = 0, 1, . . . , n,
P (X = x) = x
0 otherwise.
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2. If X ∼ Unif [a, b], the p.d.f. is

1
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 a ≤ x ≤ b,
f (x) = |b − a|
0 otherwise.
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3. In the context of Bayes’ Theorem we have for all j ∈ {1, . . . , k},

P (A|Bj )P (Bj )
P (Bj |A) = Pk .
i=1 P (A|Bi )P (Bi )