DMP 9.1: Continuous Random Variables

Reading

Carlton & Devore Chapter 3, Section 3.1, Subsections 3.1.1–3.1.4. (Pages 147–156)

Topics

• Continuous random variables
• Probability density function (PDF)
• Uniform distribution
• Cumulative distribution function (CDF)
• Conversion PDF⟷CDF
• Calculating probabilities with a CDF

Video

Media Hopper link: Continuous Random Variables

Exercises

Chapter 3 Exercises 1–17. (Pages 158–161)

Choose some of these exercises and work through them yourself. (A few items involve percentiles and medians, which aren't covered until the next page. These are questions 10(e), 11(d), 12(e), 14(d), 15(d), and 16(c).)