Using the geometric distribution with a success probability of 0.3, calculate the probability of exactly 1 success on trial number 5

Expected Frequency (skip if you are calculating probability):

Expected frequency = n x p
Expected frequency = 5 x 0.3
Expected frequency = 1.5

Determine our formula:
P(x = n) = p * (1 - p)(n - 1)

Plug in our values:
P(x = 5) = 0.3 * (1 - 0.3)(5 - 1)
P(x = 5) = 0.3 * 0.74
P(x = 5) = 0.3 * 0.2401

P(x = 5) = 0.072


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Now calculate the Mean (μ), Variance (σ2), and Standard Deviation (σ)

Calculate the mean μ:
μ  =  1
  p

μ  =  1
  0.3

μ = 3

Calculate the variance σ2:
σ2  =  1 - p
  p2

σ2  =  1 - 0.3
  0.32

σ2  =  0.7
  0.09

σ2 = 7.7778

Calculate the standard deviation σ:
  σ  =  √σ2
  σ  =  √7.7778
σ = 2.7889

Calculate skewness:

Skewness  =  2 - p
  1 - p

Skewness  =  2 - 0.3
  1 - 0.3

Skewness  =  1.7
  0.7

Skewness  =  1.7
  0.83666002653408

Skewness = 2.0318886358685

Calculate Kurtosis:

Kurtosis = 6 + p2/(1 - p)
Kurtosis = 6 + 0.32/(1 - 0.3)
Kurtosis = 6 + 0.09/0.7
Kurtosis = 6 + 0.12857142857143
Kurtosis = 6.1285714285714

What is the Answer?
P(x = 5) = 0.072
How does the Geometric Distribution Calculator work?
Free Geometric Distribution Calculator - Using a geometric distribution, it calculates the probability of exactly k successes, no more than k successes, and greater than k successes as well as the mean, variance, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis.
Calculates moment number t using the moment generating function
This calculator has 3 inputs.
What 1 formula is used for the Geometric Distribution Calculator?
P(x = n) = p * (1 - p)(n - 1)
What 7 concepts are covered in the Geometric Distribution Calculator?
distribution
value range for a variable
event
a set of outcomes of an experiment to which a probability is assigned.
geometric distribution
Discrete probability distribution
μ = 1/p; σ2 = 1 - p/p2
mean
A statistical measurement also known as the average
probability
the likelihood of an event happening. This value is always between 0 and 1.
P(Event Happening) = Number of Ways the Even Can Happen / Total Number of Outcomes
standard deviation
a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. The square root of variance
variance
How far a set of random numbers are spead out from the mean
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