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[Mathematics | Probability | Statistics | Distribution] The variance of a set of numbers is the measure of how spread out they are. A variance of zero indicates that there is no variance which means all of the values are the same. Variance can never be represented with a negative number. The higher the variance the more spread out the values in the data set are.
Variance of a single trial, which includes a Bernoulli trial distribution, is the product of its success and failure rate.
Variables:
p = Success Rate
Equation:
p⋅(1-p)
Notes
If set X is a discrete random variable, the Bernoulli distribution of X with parameter p is defined such that
X has exactly two possible values:
Pr(X=a)=p
Pr(X=b)=1−p
where `0<= P <= 1`