WEEK 7: DISCRETE RANDOM VARIABLES

INEN 3320, Probability and Statistics for Engineering

Maryam Hamidi, PhD, MBA

Assistant Professor
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List of Topics in Lecture 7

• Cumulative Distribution Function (cdf)
• Expectation
• Variance
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CDF
• Toss a coin
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CDF
• X=-1 , 0 , 1
0.2, 0.5, 0.3
Height of jump is p(X=x)
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Calculating Probability Based on CDF

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Calculate Probability Based on CDF

• P(X<30)
• P(X>30)
• P(30<X<=45)
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PMF based on CDF

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PMF based on CDF

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PMF Based on CDF

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Expectation
• E[X]
• X= -1, 0, 1
0.2, 0.3, 0.5

E[X^2]
E[X^3-1]
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Variance
• E[X^2]-(E[X])^2
• E[(X-E[X])^2]
• X= -1, 0, 1
0.2, 0.3, 0.5