Calculate the standard deviation, round the standard deviation to 3 decimal X 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total P(x) .04 .33 .27 .21 .13 .02 1.00

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Calculate the standard deviation, round the standard deviation to 3 decimal

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 Total

P(x) .04 .33 .27 .21 .13 .02 1.00

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  • The formula of the variance σ2 of a discrete random variable X is

                   σ2=∑(x−μ)2P(x) . 

 

Here x represents values of the random variable Xμ is the mean of XP(x) represents the corresponding probability, and symbol  represents the sum of all products (x−μ)2P(x).

  • To find the standard deviationσ, of a discrete random variable X, simply take the square root of the variance σ2.

                σ=σ2=(xμ)2P(x) 

 

Given : The following table shows the provided outputs of the discrete random variables, along with the corresponding probabilities :

X p(X)
0 0.04
1 0.33
2 0.27
3 0.21
4 0.13
5 0.02

Now, we need to multiply the corresponding outcomes with the corresponding probabilities, in order to compute the population mean :

X p(X) X \cdot p(X)
0 0.04 0\cdot 0.04 = 0
1 0.33 1\cdot 0.33 = 0.33
2 0.27 2\cdot 0.27 = 0.54
3 0.21 3\cdot 0.21 = 0.63
4 0.13 4\cdot 0.13 = 0.52
5 0.02 5\cdot 0.02 = 0.1

Therefore, the population mean is calculated as follows :

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