Chapter 5. Probability and Probability Distributions

5.1 WHAT IS PROBABILITY?

5.2 SOME RULES OF PROBABILITY

5.3 THE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

5.4 THE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

5.5 THE POISSON DISTRIBUTION

5.6 THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

5.7 THE NORMAL PROBABILITY PLOT

SUMMARY

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 5.1 USING MINITAB FOR PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND PLOTS

APPENDIX 5.2 USING JMP FOR PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS AND PLOTS

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to

  • Understand basic probability concepts.

  • Understand the basic properties of a probability distribution.

  • Compute the mean and standard deviation of a probability distribution.

  • Understand when to use the binomial, Poisson, and normal distributions and how to compute probabilities using ...

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