商务与经济统计(原书第14版)Ch06.pptxVIP

Statistics for Business and Economics (14e)Metric VersionAnderson, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, Cochran, Fry, Ohlmann? 2020 Cengage Learning? 2020 Cengage. May not be scanned, copied or duplicated, or posted to a publicly accessible website, in whole or in part, except for use as permitted in a license distributed with a certain product or service or otherwise on a password-protected website or school-approved learning management system for classroom use.1 Chapter 6 - Continuous Probability Distributions6.1 – Uniform Probability Distribution6.2 – Normal Probability Distribution6.3 – Normal Approximation of Binomial Probabilities6.4 – Exponential Probability Distribution2 Continuous Probability Distributions (1 of 2)A continuous random variable can assume any value in an interval on the real line or in a collection of intervals.It is not possible to talk about the probability of the random variable assuming a particular value.Instead, we talk about the probability of the random variable assuming a value within a given interval.3 Continuous Probability Distributions (2 of 2)The probability of the random variable assuming a value within some given interval from x1 to x2 is defined to be the area under the graph of the probability density function between x1 and x2.4 Uniform Probability Distribution (1 of 5)A random variable is uniformly distributed whenever the probability is proportional to the interval’s length. The uniform probability density function is: where: a = smallest value the variable can assume b = largest value the variable can assume5 Uniform Probability Distribution (2 of 5)The expected value of x is E(x) = (a + b)/2. The variance of x is Var(x) = (b – a)2/12.6 Uniform Probability Distribution (3 of 5)Example: Slaters BuffetSlater’s customers are charged for the amount of salad they take. Sampling suggests that the amount of salad taken is uniformly distributed between 5 ounces and 15 ounces.The uniform probability density function iswhere: x