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[Exer4-3] Exercise 28 of Book {Devore2017B} P.117

Posted by haifeng on 2020-03-19 10:15:57 last update 2020-03-19 10:18:47 | Answers (1) | 收藏



The pmf for $X=$ the number of major defects on a randomly selected appliance of a certain type is

$x$ 0 1 2 3 4
$p(x)$ .08 .15 .45 .27 .05


 

Compute the following:

  • (a) $E(X)$
  • (b) $V(X)$ directly from the definition
  • (c) The standard deviation of $X$
  • (d) $V(X)$ using the shortcut formula