SOCR EduMaterials Activities Explore Distributions

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Now, select without replacement only 2 marbles.  Find the exact probability that 1 green marble is obtained.  This is equal to
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Revision as of 00:17, 24 March 2007

This is an activity to explore the relations among some of the commonly used probability distributions.

  • Geometric probability distribution: Let's roll two dice until a sum of 10 is obtained. What is the probability that the first sum of 10 will occur after the 5th trial? The answer to this question is  P(X>5)=(1-\frac{3}{36})^5=0.6472. . This is equivalent to the event that no sum of 10 is observed on the first 5 trials (5 failures). Now, using SOCR we can obtain this probability easily by entering in the SOCR geometric distribution applet  p=\frac{3}{36}=0.0833 and in the Right Cut-Off box 5. We can find the desire probability on the right corner of the applet. The figure below clearly displays this probability.
  • Binomial approximation to hypergeometric: An urn contains 50 marbles (35 green and 15 white). Fifteen marbles are selected without replacement. Find the probability that exactly 10 out of the 15 selected are green marbles. The answe to this question can be fund using the formula:

 P(X=10)=\frac{{35 \choose 10}{15 \choose 5}}{{50 \choose 15}}=0.249. Using SOCR simply enter population size 50, sample size 15, number of good objects 35, to get the figure below.

Now, select without replacement only 2 marbles. Find the exact probability that 1 green marble is obtained. This is equal to  P(X=1)=\frac{{35 \choose 1}{15 \choose 1}}{{50 \choose 2}}=0.4286, and can also be found using SOCR (figure below).



Use SOCR to graph and print the following distributions and answer the questions below. Also, comment on the shape of each one of these distributions:

    • a.  X \sim b(10,0.5) , find P(X = 3), E(X), sd(X), and verify them with the formulas discussed in class.
    • b.  X \sim b(10,0.1) , find  P(1 \le X \le 3) .
    • c.  X \sim b(10,0.9) , find  P(5 < X < 8), \ P(X < 8), \ P(X \le 7), \ P(X \ge 9) .
    • d.  X \sim b(30,0.1) , find P(X > 2).

Below you can see a snapshot of the distribution of  X \sim b(20,0.3)



  • Exercise 2: Use SOCR to graph and print the distribution of a geometric random variable with p = 0.2,p = 0.7. What is the shape of these distributions? What happens when p is large? What happens when p is small?

Below you can see a snapshot of the distribution of  X \sim geometric(0.4)



  • Exercise 3: Select the geometric probability distribution with p = 0.2. Use SOCR to compute the following:
    • a. P(X = 5)
    • b. P(X > 3)
    • c.  P(X \le 5)
    • d. P(X > 6)
    • e.  P(X \ge 8)
    • f.  P(4 \le X \le 9)
    • g. P(4 < X < 9)
  • Exercise 4: Verify that your answers in exercise 3 agree with the formulas discussed in class, for example, P(X = x) = (1 − p)x − 1p, P(X > k) = (1 − p)k, etc. Write all your answers in detail using those formulas.
  • Exercise 5: Let X follow the hypergeometric probability distribution with N = 52, n = 10, and number of "hot" items 13. Use SOCR to graph and print this distribution.

Below you can see a snapshot of the distribution of  X \sim hypergeometric(N=100, n=15, r=30)



  • Exercise 6: Refer to exercise 5. Use SOCR to compute P(X = 5) and write down the formula that gives this answer.
  • Exericise 7: Binomial approximation to hypergeometric: Let X follow the hypergeometric probability distribution with  N=1000, \ n=10 and number of "hot" items 50. Graph and print this distribution.
  • Exercise 8: Refer to exerciise 7. Use SOCR to compute the exact probability: P(X = 2). Approximate P(X = 2) using the binomial distribution. Is the approximation good? Why?
  • Exercise 9: Do you think you can approximate well the hypergeometric probability distribution with  N=50, \ n=10 , and number of "hot" items 40 using the binomial probability distribution? Explain.





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