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Random Variable
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Discrete - Continuous
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Discrete Random Variables
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Discrete probability distribution
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Fortune wheel
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Two Dice
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Probability
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Sum of outcomes
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Cumulative Distribution
Examples:
When playing a dice the expected value equals 3,5
Insurance company is interested in the expected value of
indemnities
Investor is interested in the expected value of portfolios
revenue
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Expected value calculation
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Expected value example 1
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Expected Value example 2
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Expected value example 3
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Expected Value example 4
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Binomial distribution and Excel
Probability
=BINOMDIST(x;n;p;0)
Cumulative probability =BINOMDIST(x;n;p;1)
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Poisson distribution
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Continuous Probability Distributions
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Normal Distribution
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Normal Distribution
expected
value
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Cumulative Probability Function
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Standardized Distribution N(0,1)
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Standardized Distribution and Excel
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Standardizing
x z 0
x
z
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Normal Distribution N(,) and Excel
Excel: =NORMDIST(x;;;1)
Excel: =NORMINV(cumulative probability;;)
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