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Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Bernoulli Trials

1. What is a Bernoulli trial?

In the theory of probability and statistics, a Bernoulli trial (or binomial trial) is a random experiment with exactly two possible outcomes, "success" and "failure", in which the probability of success is the same every time the experiment is conducted.


2. Here is a simple worked example of a Bernoulli trial from the examination papers.



3. Basically.....

4. Here is a slightly more difficult worked example....




5. Sample examination question


Enjoy. 

Mr. Sweeney.

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