OCR MEI Further Statistics Major 2023 June — Question 11

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleFurther Statistics Major (Further Statistics Major)
Year2023
SessionJune
TopicBinomial Distribution
TypeProof and derivation of E(X) and Var(X)

11 The random variable \(X\) takes the value 1 with probability \(p\) and the value 0 with probability \(1 - p\).
  1. Find each of the following.
    • \(\mathrm { E } ( X )\)
    • \(\operatorname { Var } ( X )\)
    • The random variable \(Y \sim \mathrm {~B} ( 50,0.2 )\) has mean \(\mu\) and variance \(\sigma ^ { 2 }\).
    Use the results of part (a) to prove that
    • \(\mu = 10\)
    • \(\sigma ^ { 2 } = 8\).