Homework
Discrete Probability Distributions
Levine Chapter 5
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From the Class Handout
1.How do frequency distributions and probability distributions differ?
2.Give an example of a discrete random variable not given in the handout.
3.Give an example of a continuous random variablenot given in the handout.
4.When is a Poisson probability distribution used?
5.What is the single parameter found in Poisson probability distributions?
6.In Excel, create the following table. Paste it below this table. You do not have to type the formulas that are shown next to the table.
7.In Excel, create the following table. Paste it below this table. You do not have to type the formulas that are shown next to the table.
From the Levine Textbook
The Probability Distribution for a Discrete Random Variable
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The Binomail Distribution
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Poisson Distribution
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Final Steps
1.List any Levine questions or sub-questions you could not do or in which you got a different answer than in the answer key. YOU MUST DO THIS.
2.E-mail this completed homework file to