Make a table comparing the different discrete probability distributions and key characteristics.

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
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Make a table comparing the different discrete probability distributions and key characteristics.

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Types of Probability distributions.

  1. Discrete Probability Distribution.
  2. Continuous Probability Distribution

Discrete Probability Distribution

A discrete probability distribution can be defined as a function that can take only discrete values and each of these discrete values will have a probability of occurrence that will lie between 0 and 1. A discrete random variable will always have a discrete probability distribution.

A discrete probability function, p(x) always satisfies the following conditions:

  1. P[X = x] =p(x)
  2. p(x) is non-negative for all real x.
  3. The Sum of p(x) over all possible values of x is always equal to 1.
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Types of Discrete Probability Distributions.

  1. Uniform Distribution: A random variable X can have a discrete uniform distribution over the range [1, n] if it's probability mass function can be defined as:

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The Uniform Probability Distribution is used to model multiple events that come with the same probability, p, such as rolling a die.

The mean, variance, and the moments generating function for the uniform distribution are:

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