Binomial Distribution

n= p= E[X]= Var(X)= Std.Dev.(X)= 10 The parameters n (number of 0.5 trials) and p (probability for a 5 success in each trial) can be 2.50 changed with 0<p<1 and n<=20 1.58 5 Mode(s)= (One or two distinct modes) 5 Med(X)= 5 Fisher g1= 0.000 Symmetric Fisher g2= -0.200 Flat Quantiles Distribution function qr r x F(x) 0.1 3 0 0.00098 0.25 4 1 0.01074 0.5 5 2 0.05469 0.75 6 3 0.17188 0.9 7 4 0.37695 (Enter other x -values or r -percentages)

Basic References: Clculo de probabilidades y Estadstica . H. Fernndez-Abascal et al. (Ed. Ariel, Barcelona (SPAIN), 1994). Distributions in Statistic Houghton M. Co., 1992, 1994, 1997). Copyright 2001 J.L. Rojo

Binomial Distribution
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The Binomial distribution (J. Bernoulli, 1713), denoted by B(n,p) , can be defined as the number of successes produced in a succession of n independent Bernoulli trials, p being the probability for a success in each trial. When n=1, B(1,p) is called 'Bernoulli distribution', briefly b(p) . The probability mass function equals Pr[X=x]= COMBINAT(n,x)p x (1-p) n-x for 0<=x<=n . The two first moments are E[X]=np and Var(X)=np(1-p) . If m=(n+1)p is an integer the binomial distribution has two modes, located at (m-1) and at m . When m is not an integer, there is only one mode at [m], the integer part of m . For n>20 , the binomial distribution function tends to the normal distribution, with the above expected value and variance. The skewness and the (excess of) kurtosis -0.5 -1 coefficients are g 1 =(q-p)(npq) and g 2 =(1-6pq)(npq) respectively.

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White coloured bars show the normal density function with , s= same moments, (m= 5.00000

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Barcelona (SPAIN), 1994). Distributions in Statistics . N.L. Johnson et al. (Vol. 1-4). (Ed. J. Wiley y 997). Copyright 2001 J.L. Rojo

Binomial Distribution
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Distribution function

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0.00097656 0.00976563 0.04394531 0.1171875 0.20507813 0.24609375 0.20507813 0.1171875 0.04394531 0.00976563 0.00097656 FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE

0.00097656 0.01074219 0.0546875 0.171875 0.37695313 0.62304688 0.828125 0.9453125 0.98925781 0.99902344 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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0.001700073 0.010284844 0.0417071 0.113371652 0.206576619 0.252313252 0.206576619 0.113371652 0.0417071 0.010284844 0.001700073 0.000188373 1.39912E-05 6.9658E-07 2.32471E-08 5.20056E-10 7.79855E-12 7.83897E-14 5.28186E-16 2.38559E-18 7.22251E-21

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