Bernoulli Distribution
Description
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
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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