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Understanding Statistical Distributions

The document discusses statistical distributions, focusing on random experiments and random variables. It differentiates between discrete and continuous data, providing examples and explaining how statistical distributions can characterize these data types. Various types of distributions, including Beta, Binomial, Gamma, Poisson, and Normal, are mentioned as tools for modeling data.

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Understanding Statistical Distributions

The document discusses statistical distributions, focusing on random experiments and random variables. It differentiates between discrete and continuous data, providing examples and explaining how statistical distributions can characterize these data types. Various types of distributions, including Beta, Binomial, Gamma, Poisson, and Normal, are mentioned as tools for modeling data.

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Statistical Distributions

Random Experiment
Statistical Distributions

Random Experiment Random Variable


Statistical Distributions
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Frequency

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1050
More
150
225
300
375
450
525
600
675
750
825
900
975
CEO Salaries (in thousands)
Statistical Distributions

Random Experiment Random Variable


Statistical Distributions

Random Experiment Random Variable

Multiple
possibilities of
CEO Salary
Statistical Distributions

Random Experiment Random Variable

Multiple
possibilities of the “Salary”
CEO Salary
Statistical Distributions

Random Experiment Random Variable

Multiple
possibilities of the “Salary”
CEO Salary

A Statistical Distribution is a tool to help us ‘characterize’ or


‘model’ the random variable
Statistical Distributions

Beta
Binomial
Gamma
Poisson
Normal
t distribution


Statistical Distributions

Beta
Binomial
Gamma
Poisson
Normal
t distribution


Statistical Distributions

Beta
Binomial
Gamma
Poisson
Normal the Bell curve
t distribution


Statistical Distributions

Discrete distribution

Continuous distribution
Statistical Distributions

Discrete distribution
 A statistical distribution used for Discrete data

Continuous distribution
Statistical Distributions

Discrete distribution
 A statistical distribution used for Discrete data

Continuous distribution
 A statistical distribution used for Continuous data
Discrete versus Continuous data
Discrete versus Continuous data

 number of students in class


Discrete versus Continuous data

 number of students in class


 number of patients admitted to a hospital
Discrete versus Continuous data

 number of students in class


 number of patients admitted to a hospital
 number of companies with revenue > 1 b$
Discrete versus Continuous data

Discrete Data
 number of students in class
 number of patients admitted to a hospital
 number of companies with revenue > 1 b$
Discrete versus Continuous data

Discrete Data
 number of students in class
 number of patients admitted to a hospital
 number of companies with revenue > 1 b$

Test of Discreteness
 The data is Discrete if between any two realizations a finite
number of outcomes can occur
Discrete versus Continuous data

Discrete Data
 number of students in class
 number of patients admitted to a hospital
 number of companies with revenue > 1 b$

Test of Discreteness
 The data is Discrete if between any two realizations a finite
number of outcomes can occur

 The data is Continuous if between any two realizations an


infinite number of outcomes can occur
Discrete versus Continuous data

Test of Discreteness
(number of students in a class)
Discrete versus Continuous data

Test of Discreteness
(number of students in a class)

50 60
Discrete versus Continuous data

Test of Discreteness
(number of students in a class)

50 60
Discrete versus Continuous data

Test of Discreteness
(number of students in a class)

50 60
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
Discrete versus Continuous data

Test of Discreteness
(number of students in a class)

50 60
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

(heights of men and women)


Discrete versus Continuous data

Test of Discreteness
(number of students in a class)

50 60
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

(heights of men and women)

150 160
Discrete versus Continuous data

Test of Discreteness
(number of students in a class)

50 60
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

(heights of men and women)

150 160
infinite possibilities
Discrete versus Continuous data

It is common in business applications to use a


continuous distribution such as the Normal (the Bell
curve) for discrete data
Discrete versus Continuous data

It is common in business applications to use a


continuous distribution such as the Normal (the Bell
curve) for discrete data

 Normal distribution
 t - distribution

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