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Exercise 7. American Roulette per bet standard error

What is the standard error of \(Y\), the average result of 10,000 spins?

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HarvardX Data Science - Probability (PH125.3x)

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Exercise instructions

  • Compute the standard error of \(Y\), the average result of 10,000 independent spins.

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

# Define the number of bets using the variable 'n'
n <- 10000

# Assign a variable `p_green` as the probability of the ball landing in a green pocket
p_green <- 2 / 38

# Assign a variable `p_not_green` as the probability of the ball not landing in a green pocket
p_not_green <- 1 - p_green

# Compute the standard error of 'Y', the mean outcome per bet from 10,000 bets.
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