General Statistics
Probability Distributions: Discrete Variables
Worksheet for Expected Values and Variance

Worksheet for Computing the Probability Distribution, mean and variance of a Discrete Random Variable, x. Example
 
Number of Arrival, x

(1)

Numbers of 10 minutes Interval, f

 (2)

Relative Frequency or Probability of x, Pr(x)=f/N
(3)=
(2)/N
x Pr(x)

(4)=

(3) x (1)

x2 Pr(x)

(5) =

(1) x (4)

         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
  N= 1 = (7)=
  (6)   Variance

(8) =(5) - (6)=

Standard Deviation = =