Discrete Probability Distributions: Example Problems (Binomial, Poisson, Hypergeometric, Geometric)

I work through a few probability examples based on some common discrete probability distributions (binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric, geometric -- but not necessarily in this order). I assume that you've been previously introduced to these distributions (although this isn't necessary for the geometric problem, as the probability is easily calculated from basic probability rules). Students sometimes have difficulty determining the appropriate distribution to use, so this video may give some help with the proper thought process.

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(5:20) "There are 26 successes in the population, the 26 females and 32 failures, the 32 men."

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[sivasakthi]

0:15 Binomial Distribution
4:32 Hypergeometric Distribution
7:27 Poisson Distribution
9:31 Geometric Distribution
13:02 Does not fit into any of the distribution

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[yasserosama]

sir when you started with the hyper geometric distributions i laughed so much as i remembered the problem about counting females independently and that would cost you a job :D awesome videos really.. thank you!

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