9/13/2023

Chapter 3 - Introduction to Discrete Random Variables

• Questions on calculating binomial probabilities - see Binomial.R in our Google Drive folder.
• Approximating Binomial probabilities - see Chapter 3 - Approximating_Binomial_Probabilities.pdf in our Google Drive folder
• Applications of the binomial distribution - see handout
• Poisson distribution
  • General form of pdf
  • dpois()
  • ppois()
  • qpois()
  • rpois()

Our next Problem Session on Chapter 3 exercises will be on Friday.