Probability Distribution Function:

Given,

Students Number of Test

10 1
7 2
2 3
1 4
(a)

Use the relative frequency approach to construct a probability distribution function and show that
it satisfies the required condition.

First find the relative frequencies as:

20
Since the total number of students are .

Students Number of Test Relative Frequencies

10 1 10
0.5
20
7 2 7
0.35
20
2 3 2
0.1
20
1 4 1
0.05
20
Now,

Sum of Relative Frequencies 0.5 0.35 0.1 0.05

1

1
Since the sum of the relative frequencies is .

Therefore, it satisfies the condition of probability distribution.

(b)

We have to find the expected value of the number of test taken.

Since the expected value of the number of test taken is given as:

Expected Value Sum of the product of relative frequency and number of test taken

Therefore,

Expected Value 0.5 1 0.35 2 0.1 3 0.05 4

0.5 0.7 0.3 0.2
1.7

1.7
Hence, the required value is

(c)

We have to find the variance of the given data.

Since,

2
Variance X X P X

Therefore,

Variance 10 1.7 0.5 7 1.7 0.35 2 1.7 0.1 1 1.7 0.05

2 2 2 2

34.445 9.832 0.009 0.025

44.3

44.3
Hence, the variance is given as

(d)

We have to find the standard deviation of the given data.

Since,

S.D. Variance

Therefore,
 S.D. 44.3
6.66

6.66
Hence, the required standard deviation is given as