STAT 201 Final Exam Study Guide
Solutions
Discrete vs. Continuous discrete random variable X takes a set of separate values while a continuous
random variable has its possible values form an interval - ANSWER✔✔-discrete random variable X takes
a set of separate values while a continuous random variable has its possible values form an interval
Definition of Expected Value - ANSWER✔✔-the mean µ of the probability distribution of a random
variable x = E[X]
Definition of Variance - ANSWER✔✔-weighted average of its squared distances from the mean µ
Binomial Mean/SD - ANSWER✔✔-Mean=np, SD sigma=sqrt(np(1-p))
Probabilities of a binomial distribution - ANSWER✔✔-With probability of success p, number of trials n,
and number of successes x
P(x)=(n!)/(x!(n-x)!) multiplied to p^(x)(1-p)^(n-x)
Conditions for binomial distribution - ANSWER✔✔-Binary data, random sampling, independence
between trials
Sampling Distribution - ANSWER✔✔-The probability distribution that specifies probabilities for the
possible values a statistic can take
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