3.3 Binomial Distributions and Probability
3.3 Binomial Distributions and Probability
Here you’ll learn the definition of a binomial distribution and how to calculate a binomial probability by understand-
ing the notion of a discrete random variable.
You’ve just read the following statement in an online article about getting into the college of your choice. It states:
The probability of a student getting into his or her college of choice is 65%. What is the probability that a student
won’t be accepted into his or her selected college? Why do you think your answer is correct?
Watch This
First watch this video to learn about binomial distributions and probability.
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Then watch this video to see some examples.
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Watch this video for more help.
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Guidance
In later Concepts, we will learn more about binomial distributions. However, we are now talking about probability
distributions, and as such, we should at least see how the problems change for these distributions. We will briefly
introduce the concept and its formula here, and then we will get into more detail in later Concepts.