Binomial distribution sample vs. population mean. I'm a little confused at this question posed by my prof. He asked us to generate a binomial distribution in R and input whatever variables we wanted. x = rbinom(50, 10, 0.83)

Filloltarninsv9p

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2022-11-18

Binomial distribution sample vs. population mean
I'm a little confused at this question posed by my prof. He asked us to generate a binomial distribution in R and input whatever variables we wanted.
x = r b i n o m ( 50 , 10 , 0.83 )
Then he asks us to compute the sample mean, sample variance, population mean and population variance of the distribution.
sample mean: mean(x)
sample var: var(x)
But I have no idea what he intends we do to get the population mean and variance. Don't you need a larger set of data to be the population and a smaller set to be the sample? I only (seem to) have one set here.

Answer & Explanation

mainzollbtt

mainzollbtt

Beginner2022-11-19Added 13 answers

Explanation:
In your example, the population mean is 10 0.83 = 8.3 and the population variance is 10 0.83 ( 1 0.83 ) = 1.411

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