Data are obtained on the location of incidents on a 12-kilometer-long bridge. The distribution of the distance along the bridge (in kilometers) where an incident occurs is depicted in the density curve below. 12 Distance (kilometers) along the bridge where an accident occurs 12 1. The probability of an incident that occurs in any 4 kilometers long bridge segment is always distributed over any 4-kilometer interval. A. 1/3, uniformly B. 1/3, not uniformly C. 1/6, uniformly D. 1/2, not uniformly To put it another way, the probability is 2. What is P(9 < X s 12)? 1 Same as P(2 < X < 5). 2. Same as P(2 s X < 5). 3. Same as P(2 < X < 5). 4. Same as P(2 s X s 5). A. 1 B. 1 and 2 C. 2, 3, and 4 D. 1. 2. 3, and 4
Continuous Probability Distributions
Probability distributions are of two types, which are continuous probability distributions and discrete probability distributions. A continuous probability distribution contains an infinite number of values. For example, if time is infinite: you could count from 0 to a trillion seconds, billion seconds, so on indefinitely. A discrete probability distribution consists of only a countable set of possible values.
Normal Distribution
Suppose we had to design a bathroom weighing scale, how would we decide what should be the range of the weighing machine? Would we take the highest recorded human weight in history and use that as the upper limit for our weighing scale? This may not be a great idea as the sensitivity of the scale would get reduced if the range is too large. At the same time, if we keep the upper limit too low, it may not be usable for a large percentage of the population!
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