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Chapter 8: Discrete Probability Distributions
Figure 8-18:
Display of the Experimental Design for
Example 8-17
Let the number of trials on which the first defective item occurs be denoted
by the random variable
X
. Then
X
is a geometric random variable with
= 6, and
= 0.01 (1%). Substituting into the formula, gives
That is, the probability of observing the first defective in this geometric
experiment is 0.0095, correct to four decimal places
.
Figure 8-19 s
hows the results from the
Geometric Distribution
workbook.