DMP 8.5: The Geometric Distribution

Reading

Read Section 2.6.2, pages 117–120.

The important notions are:

• Geometric Random Variables
• Expectation of a Geometric Random Variable
• Variance of a Geometric Random Variable

Although this section combines both negative binomial distribution and geometric distribution, only the geometric distribution is an examinable part of the DMP course syllabus.

Video

The following video exemplifies the geometric distribution using Exercise 104.

Exercises

If you would like some practice, try these representative exercises: 98 and 102.