1.

Learning Journal Reflective Comments:

Thursday September 29th – 1st October, 2022.

I started with reading the learning objectives of week 5, read chapter 5 of the textbook, read about
Random Variables.

Sunday October 2nd – 4th, 2022.

I read the learning and reading assignments and decided to start working on my various tasks. I read
about Binomial random variable, Poisson random variable, Uniform random variable and Exponential
random variable.

Wednesday October 5th , 2022.

I participated in the Discussion Forum by sharing my own experience and evaluated the work of
three of my colleagues. I also did my learning journal, self-quiz, and peer assess the written
assignment.

2. VOCABULARY.

a.

EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION: This is the type of distribution used to model times between events.
The sample space in this distribution has to be all non-negative numbers. Exponential distribution is
denoted by X Exponential (lambda) where lambda is the parameter that characterizes the
distribution. (Yakir,2011)

b.

The best time to use an exponential distribution is when you want to confirm how long apart it takes
for two events to occur. For instance, the amount of time it takes for a customer to arrive a shop
after the visit of the last one.

c.

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION: According to Yakir.(2011), this kind of distribution is a measurement used

in a situation where a trial is expected to to produce only one of two possibilities when repeated
severally.

d.

In a situation where a researcher wants to determine the probability of success or failure in a given
situation is when Binomial distribution is used. Yakir. (2011). For instance, the chance of an official
performing their duties or not.

3. R FUNCTIONS.

a.

> pbinom(q=5, size=10, prob=1/6) 0.9975618

The above code computes the cumulative probability of randomly selecting a number that is less or
equal to 5 from an experiment of 10 trials with the parameter of 1/6. The answer shows a 99%
chance.

b.

n=10 p=.5 x=9 pbinom(x, n, p) 0.9990234)

In my opinion, this code also computes the cumulative probability of selecting a number less or equal
to 9 from 10 trials when the parameter is 0.5. The answer shows a 99% chance.

c.

punif(5, min=1, max=10) - punif(4, min=1, max=10) 0.1111111

The above code computes the cumulative probability of the minimum number in a uniform
distribution.

Reference:

Yakir, B. (2011). Introduction to statistical thinking (with R, without Calculus). The Hebrew University
of Jerusalem. Retrieved from
https://my.uopeople.edu/pluginfile.php/1606505/mod_resource/content/5/IntroStat.pdf