Probability Distribution Standard Deviation Math
C v x σ μ.
Probability distribution standard deviation math. The standard deviation is a number which describes the spread of the distribution. For a discrete probability the population mean. The coefficient of variation is a measurement of the amount of deviation in a probability distribution relative to the expected value. More about the mean and standard deviation for a probability distribution so you can better understand the results provided by this calculator.
Small standard deviation means small spread large standard deviation means large spread. The coefficient of variation is the ratio of the standard deviation to the expected value. C v x μ σ. E x μ i 1 n x i p x i e x mu displaystyle sum i 1 n x i p x i e x μ i 1 n.
Note that 3 5 is halfway between the outcomes 1 and 6. Mu μ is defined as follows. S x u 2 p x s x u 2 p x fill in the known values. Note based on the formula below that the variance is the same as the expectation of x μ 2 as before we can also calculate the standard deviation σ according to the usual formula.
In the following 3 distributions we have the same mean μ 4 but the standard deviation becomes bigger meaning the spread of scores is greater. This is the expectation or mean of the roll.