Calculating density of a binomial
If you flip 10 coins each with a 30% probability of coming up heads, what is the probability exactly 2 of them are heads?
This exercise is part of the course
Foundations of Probability in R
Exercise instructions
- Answer the above question using the
dbinom()function. This function takes almost the same arguments asrbinom(). The second and third arguments aresizeandprob, but now the first argument isxinstead ofn. Usexto specify where you want to evaluate the binomial density. - Confirm your answer using the
rbinom()function by creating a simulation of 10,000 trials. Put this all on one line by wrapping themean()function around therbinom()function.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
# Calculate the probability that 2 are heads using dbinom
# Confirm your answer with a simulation using rbinom