Binomial distribution variance
To find the variance of a discrete random variable in a binomial distribution, we multiply the expectation of the binomial DRV by the probability of failure (one minus the probability of success).
We can write that as:
As we know that
\text{for }X\sim B(n,p) \quad Var(X)=n\,p\,(1-p)
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| Question | Answer |
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| What is the formula for variance in a binomial distribution? | |
| How is the variance of a binomial distribution expressed in terms of expectation? | |
| What does | The probability of failure. |
| What is |