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Arises from considering the result of a single trial of an If X itself is normally distributed, then X n and Sn will
experiment. Can take only two possible values: 1 – be normally distributed for any value of n
success and 0 – failure; p: probability of success =>
Sample proportions
p(x=1) = p, p(x=0) = 1 – p, 0≤ p ≤1
E(X)= µ = p; Var(X) = σ2 = p(1-p); σ = √ Var ( X )
X
p= X: no. of success in n trial
n
Binomial Distribution
p: probability of success
Consider an experiment for which there are only two
1
possible results: success if some events occur, or E ( p ) = E ( X ) = p;
failure. Probability of success is p and failure is 1 – p
n
µ = np σ = √ np ( 1− p )
P(X = k) is BINOM.DIST(k, n, p,FALSE)
n √(
Σ( p )= 1 σ ( X )= p 1− p
n
)