Practice Cumulative Distribution Function (cdf) (18.X.5)

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Question 1.
What does the CDF represent?
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Think about cumulative probabilities.
Question 2.
If p = 0.5 and n = 4, what is the maximum value of k in a CDF?
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Remember, k cannot exceed n.
3Question 3.
What does the CDF stand for and what does it measure?
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Focus on what the term CDF means.
4Question 4.
True or False: The CDF can only be used for continuous distributions.
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Consider different types of distributions.
Question 5.
Calculate the cumulative probability for a binomial distribution with n = 10, p = 0.3, for k = 3. Detail each step.
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Use the formula for PMF to compute individual success rates.
Question 6.
Discuss how changing the probability 'p' affects the shape of the CDF graph.
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Consider probabilities and how they accumulate.

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