OCR S4 2007 June — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleS4 (Statistics 4)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicProbability Generating Functions
TypeDerive standard distribution PGF

6 The discrete random variable \(X\) takes the values 0 and 1 with \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 0 ) = q\) and \(\mathrm { P } ( X = 1 ) = p\), where \(p + q = 1\).
  1. Write down the probability generating function of \(X\). The sum of \(n\) independent observations of \(X\) is denoted by \(S\).
  2. Write down the probability generating function of \(S\), and name the distribution of \(S\).
  3. Use the probability generating function of \(S\) to find \(\mathrm { E } ( S )\) and \(\operatorname { Var } ( S )\).
  4. The independent random variables \(Y\) and \(Z\) are such that \(Y\) has the distribution \(\mathrm { B } \left( 10 , \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right)\), and \(Z\) has probability generating function \(\mathrm { e } ^ { - ( 1 - t ) }\). Find the probability that the sum of one random observation of \(Y\) and one random observation of \(Z\) is equal to 2 .