The binomial random variable : Introductory video

Before watching the video read the questions below. As you watch the video try to answer them

Questions

    • Draw a tree diagram that illustrates the outcomes that could be obtained from three bernoulli trials
    • Illustrate on your tree diagrams, which outcomes correspdond to the X=0, X=1, X=2 and X=3 outcomes for a Binomial random variable.
    • Hence, calculate the probabilities P(X=0), P(X=1), P(X=2) and P(X=3) where X is a binomial random variable
    • Write out the probability mass function for a binomial random variable with paraemter p and number of trials N.
    • How many ways are there of arraning N distinguishable objects.
    • How many ways are there of arranging N objects of type 1 and M objects of type 2.