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7. We can often approximate discrete probability distributions with other distri

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7. We can often approximate discrete probability distributions with other distributions. Although I've mentioned in class when these approximations are appropriate, you will find out yourselves in this question:) Note: when reporting these probabilities, you should include at least 2 decimal places. (a) The hypergeometric distribution can be approximated with the binomial distribution in certain situations. Fill in the following table with the correct probabilities. You can assume n 4 and p -N for all. Include R code for the highlighted cells (you can include more R output, if you wish, but make sure to indicate which pieces of your code generated the specified cells). In what situations (i.e. what values of p, N, and n) does the binomial approximate the hypergeometric distribution well? (you should use your results from the table in your answer, you won't receive points for just repeating what was said in class) Hypergeometric N -50 Binomia N-10 N 1000 0 4

Explanation / Answer

a) N = 10

To calculate for hypergeometric with p = 0.6

N = 10, n = 4, K = 6, k = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4) using R

where N = population, K = number of succes in population, n = number of draw, k = number of success in sample

The commands are

dhyper(k, K, N-K, n, log = FALSE)

dhyper(0, 6, 4, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(1, 6, 4, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(2, 6, 4, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(3, 6, 4, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(4, 6, 4, 4, log = FALSE)

The results are,

To calculate for hypergeometric with p = 0.1

The commands are

dhyper(0, 1, 9, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(1, 1, 9, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(2, 1, 9, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(3, 1, 9, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(4, 1, 9, 4, log = FALSE)

The results are,

b) N = 50

To calculate for hypergeometric with p = 0.6

N = 50, n = 4, K = 30, k = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4) using R

The commands are

dhyper(k, K, N-K, n, log = FALSE)

dhyper(0, 30, 20, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(1, 30, 20, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(2, 30, 20, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(3, 30, 20, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(4, 30, 20, 4, log = FALSE)

The results are,

To calculate for hypergeometric with p = 0.1

The commands are

dhyper(0, 10, 40, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(1, 10, 40, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(2, 10, 40, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(3, 10, 40, 4, log = FALSE)
dhyper(4, 10, 40, 4, log = FALSE)

The results are,

c) N = 1000

To calculate for hypergeometric with p = 0.6

N = 1000, n = 4, K = 600, k = (0, 1, 2, 3, 4) using R

The commands are

dhyper(k, K, N-K, n, log = FALSE)

dhyper(0, 600, 400, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(1, 600, 400, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(2, 600, 400, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(3, 600, 400, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(4, 600, 400, 4, log = FALSE)

The results are,

To calculate for hypergeometric with p = 0.1

The commands are

dhyper(0, 100, 900, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(1, 100, 900, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(2, 100, 900, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(3, 100, 900, 4, log = FALSE)

dhyper(4, 100, 900, 4, log = FALSE)

The results are,

The binomial distribution for p = 0.6 and k = (0,1,2,3,4) using the R command

The commands are,

dbinom(0, 4, 0.6, log = FALSE)

dbinom(1, 4, 0.6, log = FALSE)

dbinom(2, 4, 0.6, log = FALSE)

dbinom(3, 4, 0.6, log = FALSE)

dbinom(4, 4, 0.6, log = FALSE)

The results are

For p = 0.1

The commands are

dbinom(0, 4, 0.1, log = FALSE)

dbinom(1, 4, 0.1, log = FALSE)

dbinom(2, 4, 0.1, log = FALSE)

dbinom(3, 4, 0.1, log = FALSE)

dbinom(4, 4, 0.1, log = FALSE)

The results are

The table complete table is,

From the table as the sample size increases the hypergeometric distribution goes more close to binomial distribution

N=10 N=50 N=1000 y p=0.6 p=0.1 p=0.6 p=0.1 p=0.6 p=0.1 p=0.6 p=0.1 0 0.004762 0.6 0.021038 0.39683 0.02537 0.655662 0.0256 0.6561 1 0.114286 0.4 0.148502 0.429006 0.153368 0.29238 0.1536 0.2916 2 0.428571 0 0.35888 0.15241 0.346235 0.04835 0.3456 0.0486 3 0.380952 0 0.352584 0.020842 0.345946 0.003514 0.3456 0.0036 4 0.071429 0 0.118997 0.000912 0.129081 4.68E-06 0.1296 0.0001
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