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1 1 c Stat Concept 1.0 a=0,b= Lognormal(a,b) a=0,b=.25 a=0,b=1 a=1,b=.25 a=1,b= Gamma(alpha) alpha=1 alpha=2 alpha=3 alpha= c=1 Weibull(c) c=4 c=3 c= Laplace(mu,sig2) mu=0,sig2=.25 mu=0,sig2=1 mu=-2,sig2=1 mu=2,sig2=1 mu=0,sig2= Normal(mu,sig2) N(0,4) N(0,.25) N(-1,1) N(0,1)N(1,1) Logistic(a,b) a=0,b=.5 a=-2,b=1 a=0,b=1 a=2,b=1 a=0,b= Beta(p,q) 7 6 Beta(p=.5,q=.5) 5 4 Beta(p=2,q=9) Beta(p=9,q=2) 3 2 Beta(3,3) Uniform(a,b) U(-.25,.25) U(-.75,75) U(0,1) U(-2,2) Pareto(a) 4 a=4 3 a=3 2 a=2 1 a=

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17 Theoretical (blue) and Observed (red) Histograms for a Discrete Probability Distribution (Chi-sq = p-value = ) :3.2 (3.2 ) 14 Sampling from Discrete Populations (18. 14

18 Sampling With (blue) and Without (red) Replacement (N = 50, n = 10 pi = 0.5 ) " ' " ' :4.2 (19 Sampling from 0-1 Population > Sampling With and Without Replacment (4.2 ) ( ). :?! :! With Replacement 15 Without Replacement 16 Binomial 17 Hypergeometric 18

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21 Five Members of the Normal Family N(0,.25) N(-1,1) N(0,1) N(1,1) N(0,4) :1.3 Simulated Data from Normal (mean = 100, variance = 225) (Any data outside x range are in end boxes) 3 m1 = m2 = m3 = m4 = e5 Skewness = Kurtosis = :2.3

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28 Theoretical Distribution and Histogram of 500 Z Statistics Sampling from Normal(0,1), n = 5 Refer to the Report Window for numerical comparisons of the theoretical and Monte Carlo distributions Z :1.4 ).?,(?.?? (10.,(2.4 ) 9 Central Limit Theorom! (11 )? 9

29 Histogram of Sample Means of 500 Samples of Size 10 From Normal(0,1) Parent Population With Normal Theory Curve Superimposed X :2.4.( b? Z (12. (13. (14.? (15 ". X n '? (16 n?,n (17? 30 f

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