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Exercises: Develop an Empirical Probability Distribution and Find Its Expected Value
Work through each section in order. To turn a frequency table into a
probability distribution, estimate each probability as a RELATIVE
FREQUENCY: count divided by total (or percent divided by 100). Every
probability must be between 0 and 1, and they should sum to about 1.
Compute the expected value as , and scale to
a population total with . State any modeling choice you make
for an open-ended category. Round as directed.
Grade 11·23 problems·~38 min·Common Core Math - HS Statistics and Probability·group·hss-md-a-4
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Fluency Practice
Build distributions, check the sum, and compute expected values.
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An empirical distribution for the number of pets per household is:
| Pets | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probability | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.15 |
Add the probabilities. What is the sum?