Continuous Probability Distributions: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Continuous Probability Distributions: Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin
Probability
Distributions
Chapter 7
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Learning Objectives
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
7-2
7-3
LO1
2.
3.
4.
7-4
Family of Distributions
7-5
7-6
LO5
7-8
LO5
7-9
LO5
x - x 67,900
2,050
x - 67,900
, then solving for x
2,050
- 1.75(2,050) x - 67,900
x 67,900 - 1.75(2,050)
x 64,312
7-10
The normal distribution (a continuous distribution) yields a good approximation of the binomial
distribution (a discrete distribution) for large values of n.
The normal probability distribution is generally a good approximation to the binomial probability
distribution when n and n(1- ) are both greater than 5. This is because as n increases, a
binomial distribution gets closer and closer to a normal distribution.
7-12
LO7
2.
3.
4.
7-13
LO7
7-14
LO7
7-15