RANDOM VARIABLE AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

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1.What determines the shape of a Poisson distribution?

2.What is the shape of a binomial distribution when the probabilities of success and failure are equal (p = q)?

3.Given that p = 0.6 and q = 0.4, what is the shape of the binomial distribution?

4.Which probability distribution describes the count of successful events occurring within a fixed time period?

5.Which probability distribution describes the waiting time between two consecutive successes?

6.Which of the following terms can also be used to refer to the explanatory variable?

7.Which statement correctly describes the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of a random variable X?

8.In statistics, what must a random variable always have?

9.What is the total area beneath the curve of a probability density function?

10.Given the expression E(ax + b), how can it be rewritten in terms of E(x)?

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