Bernoulli Distribution

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The Bernoulli distribution is the probability of $k \in {0,1}$ and $P( k=1 )=p$. The probability is

(1)
\begin{equation} P(k)= p^k ( 1 - p )^{ k - 1 } \end{equation}

The Sage cell below shows the probability when k=1 and p=.7.

Sage Cell

Code

k = 1
p = .7
P = p^k * ( 1 - p )^( k - 1 )
P

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Primary Tags: Probability

Secondary Tags: Discrete Distributions: Bernoulli

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Date: 16 Oct 2018 16:11

Submitted by: James A Phillips

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