Probstat/coin toss experiments - ประวัติรุ่นแก้ไข

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Probability estimations

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Number of trials

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Conditional distributions

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Conditional distributions

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Probability estimations

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Number of trials

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Conditional distributions

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Plotting distributions

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Number of trials

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Distributions

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 * Perform 1000 coin toss, report (# of heads)/1000.
-== Probability estimations ==
+== Probability estimations (optional) ==
 In this last part, we will try to use computers to help us estimate various probability of "interesting" events.  From the previous experiments, you know that you need large enough trials to get good estimates.

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 From the previous experiments we see that as we increase N, the results seem to be closer to the middle of the range.
-In this part, we will see how the number of repeated trials affects the estimations.  In all of the following experiments, to improve visualization, we will plot the histogram on a fixed number of buckets.  Let's use 100 buckets from 0 - 1.
+In this part, we will see how the number of repeated trials affects the estimations.  In all of the following experiments, to improve visualization, we will plot the histogram on a fixed number of buckets.  Let's use 101 buckets from 0 - 1.
 Run the following experiments and plot their histograms.

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 === Conditional distributions ===
-Try the same experiment for N=50, 100, and 1000, but if you get only K=22, 44, and 440 heads you run the experiment again.  Plot the histogram for the whole range of possible numbers of heads.  Compare the histograms with the ones from the previous experiments.
+Try the same experiments for 50 coin tosses and 1000 coin tosses, but if you get less than 22 (for 50 coin-toss case) or 480 (for 1000 coin-toss case) you run the experiment again.  Plot the histogram for the whole range of possible numbers of heads.  Compare the histograms with the ones from the previous experiments.
 == Number of trials ==

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 === Conditional distributions ===
-Try the same experiment for N=50, 100, and 1000, but if you get only K=20, 40, and 400 heads you run the experiment again.  Plot the histogram for the whole range of possible numbers of heads.  Compare the histograms with the ones from the previous experiments.
+Try the same experiment for N=50, 100, and 1000, but if you get only K=22, 44, and 440 heads you run the experiment again.  Plot the histogram for the whole range of possible numbers of heads.  Compare the histograms with the ones from the previous experiments.
 == Number of trials ==

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	== Probability estimations ==		== Probability estimations ==
		+	In this last part, we will try to use computers to help us estimate various probability of "interesting" events. From the previous experiments, you know that you need large enough trials to get good estimates.
		+
		+	Try to estimate the probability of the following "events". Can you also figure out (analytically) the correct probabilities of these events?
		+
		+	* Toss a coin 2 times and get 2 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 5 times and get 0 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 10 times and get 0 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 10 times and get 2 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 20 times and get exactly 10 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 20 times and get at most 7 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 20 times and get at most 5 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 20 times and get 1 head.
		+	* Toss a coin 100 times and get at least 50 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 100 times and get at most 40 heads.
		+	* Toss a coin 100 times and get at most 30 heads.

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	== Number of trials ==		== Number of trials ==
		+	From the previous experiments we see that as we increase N, the results seem to be closer to the middle of the range.
		+
		+	In this part, we will see how the number of repeated trials affects the estimations. In all of the following experiments, to improve visualization, we will plot the histogram on a fixed number of buckets. Let's use 100 buckets from 0 - 1.
		+
		+	Run the following experiments and plot their histograms.
		+
		+	* Perform 1 coin toss, report # of heads.
		+	* Perform 2 coin toss, report (# of heads)/2.
		+	* Perform 5 coin toss, report (# of heads)/5.
		+	* Perform 10 coin toss, report (# of heads)/10.
		+	* Perform 50 coin toss, report (# of heads)/50.
		+	* Perform 100 coin toss, report (# of heads)/100.
		+	* Perform 1000 coin toss, report (# of heads)/1000.

	== Probability estimations ==		== Probability estimations ==

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 * Make 10 coin tosses.
 * Make 50 coin tosses.
-* Make 1000 coin tosses.
+* Make 1000 coin tosses.  (In your histogram, you may want to try to use bucket size = 10 so that your bar chart is manageable.)
 === Conditional distributions ===

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	== Distributions ==		== Distributions ==
		+	=== Plotting distributions ===
		+	Run the simulations for the following experiments many times (at least 1000 times for smaller ones) and plot the histograms (as bar charts) of the number of heads.
		+
		+	* Make 2 coin tosses.
		+	* Make 3 coin tosses.
		+	* Make 5 coin tosses.
		+	* Make 10 coin tosses.
		+	* Make 50 coin tosses.
		+	* Make 1000 coin tosses.
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		+	=== Conditional distributions ===

	== Number of trials ==		== Number of trials ==