Simulating coin flips

In these exercises, you'll practice using the rbinom() function, which generates random "flips" that are either 1 ("heads") or 0 ("tails").

This exercise is part of the course

Foundations of Probability in R

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Exercise instructions

  • With one line of code, simulate 10 coin flips, each with a 30% chance of coming up 1 ("heads").
  • What kind of values do you see?

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Generate 10 separate random flips with probability .3