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Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts with Minitab and JMP
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Statistics for Six Sigma Green Belts with Minitab and JMP

by David M. Levine
June 2006
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
9h 45m
English
Pearson
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Characteristics of the Binomial Distribution

Each time you specify a set of parameters n and p, a particular binomial probability distribution can be generated.

Shape. Binomial distributions can be symmetrical or skewed. Whenever p = 0.5, the binomial distribution will be symmetrical, regardless of how large or small the value of n. However, when p ≠ 0.5, the distribution will be skewed. If p < 0.5, the distribution will be positive or right skewed. If p > 0.5, the distribution will be negative or left skewed. The closer p is to 0.5 and the larger the number of observations in the sample, n, the more symmetrical the distribution will be.

Mean. The mean of a binomial distribution is the product of the sample size, n, and the probability of success, ...

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