Q. A random variable “X” following binomial distribution has its mean and variance, 18 and 3.52 respectively. How can I calculate the value of “n” and “p”?
Is the value n, and p, a random variable, i read some where if this is the case that 2 random variables can not be calculated but may be of track to your question, im a poker player and only know so much
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Kolyo
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Sat 12 Jan, 2013 02:19 pm
@sofia mercedez,
In the binomial distribution,
mean = n*p
variance = n*p*(1-p)