BUSINESS STATISTICS

-BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

BY SPSS SOFTWARE
 QUESTION:

A RADAR COMPLEX CONSISTS OF 8 UNITS

THAT OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY.THE
PROBABILITY OF THAT A UNIT DETECTS
INCOMING MISSILE IS 0.90.FIND THE PROB
THAT AN INCOMING MISSILE WILL
 1) NOT BE DETECTED BY BY ANY UNIT.
 2) BE DETECTED BY ATMOST 4 UNITS.
 DATA in the given question
According to the given question
• n=8
• P=0.90
We have to find
P(X = 0)
P(X ≤ 4)
 USING SPSS
• SPSS begins with two views, the Data View,
and the Variable View. Data View is the
default start window, and looks like a spread
sheet. Each column is a variable, and each row
is an observation.
• SPSS is set up to accept survey data, and so it
expects data for every row for each column
with data
DATA VIEW(by default)
VARIABLE VIEW
Name is the name of the variable. It cannot be more than 64 characters long,
must start with a letter, and
cannot use any other symbols . No spaces are allowed. While this may seem
constricting, this is just a variable name.

Labels can be used to givebetter detail on what is contained in the variable.

Spaces are allowed in labels, but labels cannot be longer
than 256 characters long.

The Type of variable can be selected from Numeric (example: 10000.001),

Comma (example: 10,000.001),
Dot (European convention, example: 10.000,001), Scientific Notation
(example: 1.00E+004), Date
(example: 01-June-2005), Dollar (example: $10,000), Custom Currency, and
string (text, example: Male) .

Width is the width of the variable (how many characters). This is most useful
when changing String, but
can be used for long numbers as well.

The Decimals column gives how many decimal places to show. This does not
change the values, just how
they are seen in the Data View sheet.

Values allow you to give labels to specific values, such as 0-male 1-female. To
view the label instead of
the number, go to View, and check the Value Labels.
Missing allows you to specify what characters, numbers, etc. denote a
missing value.
Columns dictate how wide the column in the Data View sheet will be.

Align allows you to adjust the alignment of the values in the Data View Sheet
(Right, Left, Center).

Measure is what type of variable you have. The choices are: Nominal (used
for string, but can be used for
numbers where the numbers just represent names), Ordinal (where order
counts, but distance either varies
or cannot be measured), and Scale (the normal numerical line). The type of
analysis possible depends on
which you chose.
Creating variable ‘x’ and assigning
values to it in data view
Computing variable ‘prob’ by using PDF function ->P(X = x)
After computing, variable(prob) is
created with values of P(X=x)
‘Cprob’ variable is created with P(X ≤ x) values
• Hence, the values of P(X=0) ₰ P(X ≤ x)

“ “
“ “
P(X=8) P(X ≤ 8)
have been found…….
Therefore,
P(x=0) = 10−8 =0.00000001

P(x ≤ 4) = 0.005024