MEAN,

VARIANCE, AND
STANDARD
​
DEVIATION
MEAN OF RANDOM PROBABILITY
DISTRIBUTION

Definition:
The mean of discrete random variables, also known as
the expected value, is the weighted average of all
possible values of the random variables. The symbol use
for mean is
Formula:
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ILLUSTRATIVE
EXAMPLES:
1. The report of a weather bureau on the
forecast of the number of typhoons
entering the country’s area of
responsibility is manifested in the
following probability distribution:
DISTRIBUTION FOR THE
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PROBLEM
No. of typhoons per month Probability
(x) P(X = x)
0 0.15

1 0.35

2 0.3

3 0.1

4 0.1

What is the average number of typhoon

1.

entering the country per month?

2. What is the standard deviation?
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SOLUTIONS FOR
COMPUTING
SOLUTION # 1 SOLUTION # 2

• = 0(0.15) +1(0.35) No. of typhoons P(X=x)

(x)
+2(0.3) +3(0.1) + 4(0.1)
• = 1.65 0 0.15

• Interpretation: The 1 0.35

average number of 2 0.3
typhoon that enters the 3 0.1
country every month is
4 0.1
1.65.
 VARIANCE
Definition: Variance is a measure of spread or dispersion. It measures the
variation of values of a random variable from the mean. The symbol used is
and its square root is called the standard deviation.
No. of P(X=x) *
typhoons (x)

0 0.15 0 -1.65 2.7225 0.408375

1 0.35 .0.35 -0.65 0.4225 0.147875
2 0.3 0.6 0.35 0.1225 0.03675
3 0.1 0.3 1.35 1.8225 0.18225
4 0.1 0.4 2.35 5.5225 0.55225
ALTERNATE SOLUTION
FOR VARIANCE AND SD
=
= 1.3275
PROBLEM 2:
Students were asked to estimate the length
(inches) of the table. The errors in the
estimated values were tabulated as follows:

Error (x) 3 4 5 6 7
P(X=x) 0.25 0.1 0.3 0.15 0.2

Compute for the mean, variance and standard deviation.