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It is known that\({\rm{80\% }}\)of all brand A extremal hard drives work in a satisfactory manner throughout the warranty period (are "successes"). Suppose that\({\rm{n = 15}}\)drives are randomly selected. Let\({\rm{X = }}\)the number of successes in the sample. The statistic\({\rm{X/n}}\)is the sample proportion (fraction) of successes. Obtain the sampling distribution of this statistic. (Hint: One possible value of\({\rm{X/n is }}{\rm{.2}}\), corresponding to\({\rm{X = 3}}\). What is the probability of this value (what kind of\({\rm{rv}}\)is\({\rm{X}}\))?)

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\({\rm{X is binomial random variable}}{\rm{. }}\)

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Definition

Probability simply refers to the likelihood of something occurring. We may talk about the probabilities of particular outcomes—how likely they are—when we're unclear about the result of an event. Statistics is the study of occurrences guided by probability.

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Obtaining the sampling distribution

Obviously, \({\rm{X}}\)is binomial random variable with parameters

\({\rm{n = 15 and p - 0}}{\rm{.8}}{\rm{. }}\)

All possible values that random variable \({\rm{X/n}}\) can take are

\(\frac{{\rm{x}}}{{{\rm{15}}}}{\rm{,}}\;\;\;{\rm{xÃŽ \{ 0,1,2, \ldots ,15\} }}{\rm{.}}\)

The probabilities can be calculated as

\(\begin{array}{l}{\rm{P}}\left( {\frac{{\rm{X}}}{{{\rm{15}}}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{\rm{x}}}{{{\rm{15}}}}} \right)\rm &= P(X = x)\\\rm &= b(x;15,0{\rm{.8),}}\;\;\;{\rm{xÃŽ \{ 0,1,2, \ldots ,15\} }}\end{array}\)

Theorem: \({\rm{b(x;n,p) = }}\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{\left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{l}}{\rm{n}}\\{\rm{x}}\end{array}} \right){{\rm{p}}^{\rm{x}}}{{{\rm{(1 - p)}}}^{{\rm{n - x}}}}}&{{\rm{,x = 0,1,2, \ldots ,n}}}\\{\rm{0}}&{{\rm{, otherwisc}}{\rm{. }}}\end{array}} \right.\)

The following table represents the pmf of random variable \({\rm{X/n}}\)

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