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Example: Level vs. Size for Test on Poisson Rate

This example illustrates the level of a test vs. the size of a test using a hypothesis test on the rate of a Poisson distribution.

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Continuous Distributions: A Review

In this lesson, a brief review of the general properties of continuous distributions is provided. The end of the lesson is a comparison of the properties for continuous and discrete distributions.

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Bernoulli Distribution

The Bernoulli and binomial distributions are used for modeling a dichotomous experiment or a sequence of independent dichotomous experiments, respectively. Alone, both distributions apply to a wide…

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Transformations - Part 2b

In this lesson, a method for making a transformation on Y = g(X), where X is a continuous random variable is explained and illustrated. The lesson ends with a presentation of the Probability…

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Transformations - Part 2a

In this lesson, results are presented and illustrated on a transformation Y of a continuous random variable X where Y = g(X) and g is monotone.

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Probability Density Functions

In this lesson, probability density functions are introduced, defined, and discussed. Properties of probability mass functions and probability density functions are presented. Concepts are…

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Probability Mass Functions

In this lesson, the probability mass function for discrete random variables is defined, discussed, and illustrated.

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Random Variables

In this lesson, random variables are defined as function whose domain is the sample space and whose range is a subset of the real numbers. This subset of the real numbers defines a new sample space.…

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Distribution Functions

This lesson is the first of many that discuss probability functions. We begin the discussion of probability functions with the cumulative distribution function (CDF). The CDF is defined and…

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