SOCR EduMaterials Activities Exponential Distribution
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This is an activity to explore the Exponential Distribution: Learn how to compute probabilities, densities, and percentiles.
- Description: You can access the applet for the Exponential Distributions
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\item[a.] Graph and print \\
$X \sim exp(0.2)$ \\
$X \sim exp(1)$ \\
$X \sim exp(10)$
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\item[1.] Locate the maximum density for each one of these distributions.
\item[2.] Find the height of the density at 3 values of $X$ (one near 0, one near the mean, and one towards the tail of the distribution).
\item[3.] Find one percentile for each of these distributions and record them on the printouts. Verify these percentiles using the formula we discussed in class:
\[
x_p=\frac{ln(1-\frac{p}{100})}{-\lambda}
\]
\item[4.] Compute one cumulative probability for each one of these distributions, show it on the graph, and verify it with the formula:
\[
P(X \le x)=1-e^{-\lambda x}
\]
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\item[b.] Graph and print \\
$X \sim N(2,0.5)$ \\
$X \sim N(10,2)$ \\
$X \sim N(20,5$
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\item[1.] Find one percentile for each one of these distributions and locate them on the printouts.
\item[2.] Find one cumulative probability for each one of these distributions and locate them on the printouts.
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- Exercise 1: Construct the joint probability distribution of X and Y.
- Exercise 2: Find the conditional expected value of Y given X=5.
- Exercise 3: Find the conditional variance of Y given X=5.
- Exercise 4: Find the expected value of Y.
- Exercise 5: Find the standard deviation of Y.
- Exercise 6: Graph the probability distribution of Y.
- Exercise 7: Use SOCR Experiments and choose "Die Coin Experiment" to graph and print the empirical distribution of Y when the experiment is performed:
a. n = 1000 times.
b. n= 10000 times
- Exercise 8: Compare the theoretical mean and standard deviation of Y (exercise 4 and 5) with the empirical mean and standard deviation found in exercise 7.
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