3. Objective:
•Ability to compute for the MEAN.
•Ability to compute for the VARIANCE
and it’s function.
•Ability to compute for the STANDARD
VARIATION and it’s function.
6. VARIANCE(𝜎2)
• It gives a measure of how the data distributes itself about the
mean.
• It is the average of the squared distance from each point to the
mean.
**Function/ Importance:
• A SMALL VARIANCE indicates that the data points tend to be
very close to the mean.
• A HIGH VARIANCE indicates that the data points are very
spread out from the mean.
7. STANDARD DEVIATION(𝜎)
• Is a measure of dispersion equal to the square root of the
variance.
• Measures the spread of a data distribution.
**Function/ Importance:
• LOW STD DEVIATION means that the most of the numbers are
close to the average.
• HIGH STD DEVIATION means that the numbers are more spread
out.
11. Example 1: Surgery Patients
The probabilities that a surgeon
operates on patients 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7
in any day are 0.15, 0.10, 0.20, 0.25
and 0.30 respectively. Compute for
the mean, variance and standard
deviation of the random variable.
12. Probability Distribution of Discrete Random Variable
X
Number of Patients 3 4 5 6 7
Probability
P(X)
0.15 0.10 0.20 0.25 0.30
16. MEANING?
Mean = 𝜇 = 5.45
Variance = 𝜎2 = 1.95
Standard Deviation = 𝜎 = 1.40
**Variance is small. It indicates that the data
points tend to be very close to the mean.
**STD Deviation is small. Means that the most of
the numbers are close to the average.
17. X P(X) X • P(X) 𝑿𝟐
• P(X)
1 3/10
6 1/10
11 2/10
16 2/10
21 2/10
Example # 2
Find the mean, variance and standard deviation
of the following probability distribution.