The Binomial Distribution: Crash Course Statistics #15

[@saivishnutulugu5014]

If you want to check if a situation is binomial there are 4 conditions: 1.) Each observation can be classified as a success or failure 2.) Fixed number of n observations 3.) n observations are independent of another 4.) p(success) is the same for each observation

[@anranzhao1261]

feel very relatable when she mentioned 'virus' and 'pandemic‘ lol. watching this because of the lockdown

[@enkhbayardambadarjaa7356]

who would've thought covid-19 would make classes more interesting.

[@AqashaAhmed]

interesting seeing the cold and zombies thing since I am quarantined right now from COVID

[@malaikadsouza4236]

got goosebumps when she said "pandemic level viruses"

[@Lucky10279]

OK, now I finally understand at least the gist of the notation for this formula. In my experience tutoring stat 101 students, half of their confusion is because they don't know how to interpret all the new notation. This particular notation was one of few things I think our textbook did a poor job of explaining, so I always had a hard time helping them with it. Your explanation makes perfect sense and makes me wonder why its not always explained that way.

[@Improbabilities]

This is why I loved changing schools and getting a mathematician as a statistics teacher. Every time someone asked "why this?" or "why not do this instead?", the teacher would respond "let's find out", and promptly started walking through the mathematics behind the formula/distribution. That usually answered several other questions at the same time.

[@HilbertXVI]

Improbabilities That's amazing lol

[@Lucky10279]

Improbabilities Sounds like a great teacher!

[@tamisanlatherow3103]

For beginners, it would have been more useful to explain how to enter the factorial in so the math is easier to understand. Math needs formulaic examples, not just verbiage. 5C3 gets entered into the calculator as 5!/3!(5-3)! which gives you 120/(6*2) = 10. Now take 10 and multiply it by the rest of the formula to get the 31%. Not everyone will get this if you do not explicitly state it.

[@briansutton5796]

I spent 5 minutes pausing going back and forth wondering why I was only getting 3% until this comment. Thank you!

[@paulbird2772]

Thank you

[@xx420xxyolo3]

just use the nCr function on your calculator, you dont have to enter the factorials

[@rangercarnage]

Thank you so much for this! I spent a good 5 minutes trying to figure out what went wrong in my equation!

[@ruiqixu4389]

Thank you sooo much, I just felt lost and then I saw your comment, which really helped me a lot.

[@gian8448]

PEOPLE DID YOU IGNORE AT 0:22 the scary figure in the back??????

[@FootLettuce]

Go to CC Statistics episode #13 and see the part where they talk about Pareidolia.

[@aprilsonline]

Honestly didn't even see it till I read your comment😂

[@socialcomplexitydinocarpen6372]

I'm really creeped out...

[@peksn]

That's the zombie apocalypse coming as they said, and now covid lol

[@rangercarnage]

If you look closely, almost every picture has a zombie

[@springinggrass]

the most relevant video in the series so far, as luck would have it. now where to find the probability rate of infection in this country...

[@e.8927]

crash course I love your videos and all the effort put into it but I don't know why I couldn't understand this very clearly. you made it more complicated instead of simplifying it

[@michal4593]

60 dollar textbook did not captivate in 5 hours what this video did in 15 minutes. Thank you for all that you do!

[@socialcomplexitydinocarpen6372]

CC *Uses quite some math* VIEWERS: Damn! That's too heavy. I feel stupid now... CC *Uses no math* VIEWERS: What the frick? Is this a channel for kids?! CC *Uses some math but not too much* VIEWERS: C'mon guys, you should choose either to use it or not! Don't be scared!

[@sam4330]

I mean, the probability that those are the same people commenting is pretty small. :)

[@oswaldovzki]

I'm the one who thinks: " Damn! That's too heavy. I feel stupid now..." but instead of complaining I paused the video e studied the math in question to understand ir better :D

[@donbrandon2734]

CSS: I don't know how to apply Bayes Theorem

[@rahmetovedil]

The quality of the video is better than the quality of my life.

[@rositaroldangan6827]

This is so relevant right now

[@chintangandhi8468]

I've an exam the day after tomorrow. WHAT WERE THE ODDS OF THIS GETTING UPLOADED TODAY? I guess I can calculate now.

[@PrattChrisDizzle]

How was your exam??

[@HexerPsy]

DISAGREEING with your first example! Yes, 1 shock per week comes down to 41% - but you have to add the chance for getting No shock, because getting no shock is also happily fine and he/she would gladly eat toast and not get shocked. 0.8^5=0.32768 or 32.8% and so eating toast with acceptable amount of shocks is 32.8+41=72.8% So roughly 3 in 4 or 7 in 10 chance of getting acceptable number of shockes - id have that toast ^^

[@burrowowl]

Also disagreeing with the first example but for a different reason. If you simply have toast eat day and stop after receiving the first shock you have a 100% chance of being shocked no more than one time during the week as a result of preparing toast.

[@HexerPsy]

I like that reasoning!

[@AnaleenAelwyn]

I was thinking this the whole time!

[@AnaleenAelwyn]

John Fitzgerald also considered that option, so you'd at least get some toast, even if you got a shock at some point.

[@harshraojr]

This is more relevant now than ever

[@ishamathstea9019]

Harsh, Jz posted about how to find PROBABILITY using BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION.... I hope it's helpful..... Would love to hear some feed back too

[@alexandertownsend3291]

That toaster question was shocking.

[@haeleon654]

The guys at Thought Cafe really should make a graphing calculator that looks like the one in the intro screens that can do all the things described in this lesson. For them: If you do, please share the link; I would love to see something like that from you guys!

[@ericklestrange6255]

I haven’t found many videos that are better than StatQuest. However this video is amazing, the production value is really nice, everything just adds up really nicely even the shelves in the background and the colors, I’m very grateful for your video thank you very much

[@d.harrison1570]

At 6:52, the only answer of mine that matches theirs is for the first one. For the second one, I multiply (.05) x (0.3774) and get 0.01887. For the third one, I multiply (0.0025) x ( 0.397) and I get 0.00099. What am I doing wrong?

[@Kei-oy9fc]

Would it be possible to have a full series of crash course on math?

[@JR-ti2ox]

Very timely! Covid feels

[@arifodeman5010]

This is great! Thank you guys so much! Jumping off of this, do you think you guys could dive into logistic regression and then count models (e.g., Poisson, Negative Binomial, and Neg. Bin. Zero-Inflated)? I'm a graduate research assistant, and I've found these subjects largely lacking in my department and others, even though they're super useful--not everything fits a normal distribution! I would really appreciate if you guys at some point could tackle these topics.

[@sergior.m.5694]

I don't get the 5 C 3 problem, 3 girls out of 5 children, I'm getting 3.1% chance not 31% what am I missing?

[@makouras]

I really don't understand how the binom(n,k) formula works. You should explain that more thoroughly. The links in the description only show the factorials equation. And seeing as my math knowledge is below basic, I can't figure out how the numbers fit in your examples. Can somebody explain to me please? What do we multiply with what?

[@jazminaguilar9714]

makouras Maybe this will help but n and k will always add up to one and if there’s a percentage in the question it’s usually n and you just have to find k that makes it add up to 1 or 100% or the total amount bc sometimes it’s not always going to be 100% sometimes it can be out of 40 like at 8:55

[@alexandertownsend3291]

This video was released two years ago and mentions predicting the spread of pandemic. Is this a coincidence? The answer is probably yes (in spite of the COVID age), but it is still interesting.

[@love_tammy]

I actually need this for my maths exam next week, that was quite a useful recap for me!

[@janjoy10]

I was just procrastinating studying for my statistics midterm... And then this video was in my feed so here we go!

[@Kingofmolotov]

Hands down the best series in the whole CrashCourse catalog!

[@emenikeanigbogu9368]

Thank you I appreciate this. It really gave me a proper understanding to how this operates and the reasoning behind it.

[@cosmoinstant]

Is that a good-sized joint he is holding at 1:31

[@pastelsparadox]

"To make up for it, we added some zombies" I, known Maggot Boy fan: _Oh hell yes_

[@renschuon4992]

So what I'm hearing is that my instructor is teaching statistics in a pandemic and didn't use a single pandemic example

[@theintrastellar]

Can anyone please tell me why when I run the numbers on my TI-83, is shows that 0.1887 (18%) is the result for the probability of encountering 1 zombie instead of the aforementioned 37%? Or am I plugging the numbers in wrong? Are my calculator setting off? I plugged it in this format for probability of 0 zombies like this and got the right answer: (0.05)^0 * (0.95)^20 = 0.3584 or 36%....PLEASE ADVISE!

[@mattabesta]

I feel like you spend way too much effort in this series avoiding numbers and math, anyone voluntarily watching a math series probably isn't so afraid of numbers.

[@jazminaguilar9714]

Goldmattress Agreed.

[@stereotype3329]

Nah, I'm watching this BECAUSE I'm deathly afraid of numbers.

[@rynthorn1551]

That's not true at all. This is a 101-style series so it seems more likely that people are watching because they want to learn to not be "so afraid of numbers" (read: actually learn the basics of this field), not because they are already familiar with it.

[@MsAmalie99]

Yes! I would really like some numerical examples! :D Really love this series!

[@williamkibler592]

Most people learn better if you dont just plug and chug

[@shreyalahiry3900]

This got posted THE DAY AFTER MY STATS FINAL 😭😭😫

[@colorblindphotographer]

Ironic learning about binomial distribution during the Covid-19 pandemic. Crazy

[@ishamathstea9019]

Hye Mark, Jz posted about how to find PROBABILITY using BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION.... I hope it's helpful..... Would love to hear some feed back too

[@michaelbrynda1603]

6:57 It seems like the math is wrong for the zombie prob. Shouldn't Binom(20,1)=.01887 not .3774 and Binom(20,2)=.00099 not .1887?

[@betostunt]

Zombie's article from 2009, mentioned during video, had modelled the best actions against COVID-19...

[@letmespellitou]

never been a better time to study this 8:22

[@BlueyMcPhluey]

More maths! More maths! More maths!

[@Khether0001]

when you showed the zombicide minis I'd hoped you would tackle which weapon has the better chance of hitting (throwing 3 dice that hit on 4 or more or 5 dice on 5+), which would be a wonderful and insanely fun example on statistics... ow man...

[@ElliotRuddy]

Perfect timing for my statistics test tomorrow !

[@gloystar]

Well, I must say I liked the zombies example.

[@kathyh8047]

For the purpose of checking the probability of getting shocked only once, it might also be worth taking into account the probability of _not_ getting shocked - that is, how likely am I to get shocked one time *at most*?

[@davidsweeney111]

I love the bin distribution, thanks Adrian!

[@lorir1143]

welp, I just took a hard math test today. . .and this just uploaded?

[@brookeamm7655]

same here!

[@lorir1143]

WildernessCraft what for, mine was algebra, it was the end of coarse or eoc test.

[@anti_MATT_er]

I literally had my Data Analysis final today and Binomial Distribution was one of the problems.

[@brookeamm7655]

mine was Algebra 2 Honors, it was on binomial distribution and some other statistics stuff

[@roneyandrade6287]

calc 3?

[@APaleDot]

Wait, I'm confused about the Bernoulli Distributions. If the exponents are either 0 or 1, and the probabilities are just the failure and success rate, how are this different from just multiplying normal probabilities? If you already have the rate of failure and the rate of success, why not just use those? Are there cases where the exponents can be fractional? Or where having more than two outcomes somehow makes the Bernoulli Distribution more effective?

[@ShuvamNayak]

How did you calculate the 91% figure?

[@HorzaPanda]

Toast problem. You forgot to factor in the chance of receiving 0 shocks, 0.8^5, or 33%, so there is a ~74% chance of being shocked 1 time or less. Much better odds You did specify once and only once, but I feel one or less is what you'd actually be interested in XD (Edit: Ah, it's for illustration of the later content. Fair)

[@HorzaPanda]

I would also assume if there were 1 zombie in that crowd of 20 outside the window then there would quickly be 20, or 1 zombie and all the people fled >_> But nice example XD

[@mwinsanerocka]

Thx, helped a lot. Will you guys do a video about the Normal Distribution too?

[@mikeharrison1868]

April 2020 - Ouch!

[@verdatum]

Mr. Stark...Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good. I don't know what's happening...I..I haven't covered binomial distribution in STAT yet...I don't wanna go...Please, I don't wanna go...I'm sorry...

[@NeoGee]

Too soon! *sob*

[@ps374249]

Screw you! I'm already crying over taking the AP Stat test today, I don't need your help!

[@obalolaNig]

hahahahahaha! don't worry.'the snap' will hopefully affect your Maths professor.

[@ShiiFT12]

Oh no! Someone, quickly! What's the probability that everything will turn out alright?!?!?!

[@greyareaRK1]

The probability of getting a flat during a zombie apocalypse?

[@AJoe-ze6go]

Doesn't the chance that one of your friends at 11:00 are infected, but asymptomatic depend on BOTH the infection rate AND the percentage of infected who are asymptomatic? Sounds to me like a conditional probability calculation is needed.

[@akshayabalakrishnan8701]

I defo needed this!!! Thx u 🌟🌟🌟

[@xsaberfaye]

Crash Course Linguistics?

[@matthewmortimer8251]

how do you use the bionomial distribution when it says you may use: p^3+ 3p^2q+ 3pq^2+ q^3. rely asap have exam tomorrow

[@ArbJunkAgeG]

5:30 should've continued to finish the example with the toaster problem; instead of introducing another problem.

[@markelmy5933]

Wheres #16? Watched number 15 .. above but then skip/jump to 17? Can you provide a link please?

[@asterdan712]

What's that thing at the back at 0:22?

[@zanehawkins3457]

The material is presented in a way that is easily understandable, but the pace is too much. I realize that there is a goal to condense and keep the videos short, but I would prefer the information a little slower. There was a lot of pausing to absorb what was being said with the text on the screen because I was trying to introduce myself to the equations while she was moving on to the next bit. It felt like she was talking very fast. Still well done, just it jumps along so fast

[@rchuso]

Spend more time with equations, not less. Remember the intelligent people who've spent so much time determining what equations properly represent the data.

[@diegofernandorueda9160]

I doing a study analyzing some variables how they change in time. but I wanted to ask. how can you calculate the probability of a failure of a car based on the temperature in the crease if its motor, or the water or the oil? ​

[@helenalilianavaquera5599]

I'm lovin' the series,but could you hurry it up a little? I have my AP Statistics exam next week

[@nandaveerum4399]

Please make videos on Mechanical engineering related topics too.

[@Danilego]

Idk why so many zombies but combinatorics is pretty fun!

[@klid662]

can anyone explain why this video mentuon 14.7 × 3 but it just 14.7 right? why?

[@insimcity]

don't forget to calculate the value of the binomial coefficient (n-choose-k) in your binomial distribution formula!! for example the coefficient (5C3 or 5-choose-3) is 5!/3!*(5-3)! = 5!/3!*2! = 5*4*3*2*1/(3*2*1)*(2*1) = 10 in the problem about getting 3 girls when you have 5 kids.

[@Gemoron]

Your toaster example sadly has one logic error. It shoul mean "Only one shock or less" so the chance of not beeing shocked should be added as well (0.8^5 =~32%) which would leave the chance of one or less shocks at ~74%

[@florentinosanchez3969]

BEST VIDEO EVER!!!

[@ruthhh.m]

This video is actually so helpful and clarifying, but it would have been lifesaving last semester when I was struggling through Prob and Stats😭 why me...

[@alexschalk5439]

You should have mentioned the odds of not getting shocked at all

[@HarperGamble]

Is this going to be last video in crash course statistics?

[@risa_te]

Help Im confused.. Why cant I calculate the probability of getting a flat tire in 15 years as --> 0.05^15 = 0% ?

[@Ensorcle]

b-b-b-b-bayes! Gotta cover that prior!

[@寇妮]

where is the office place we can ask question

[@JahDale]

great talk

[@cameronzulu7064]

Thanks for this!

[@ransom4734]

Hey guys do video on Economy. Love you guys

[@lowenzahn3976]

Crash Course Economics does exist. Even with the same host.

[@timeaesnyx]

And the economics course made me mad by treating non zero sum games dismissively.

[@raw.musician]

It can be explained in much easier way.

[@justicar347]

Did anyone else check the math on the possibility of a zombie in the crowd? I kept getting the answer for the second equation ( possible zombies) for the third equation (2 possible zombies). I entered it every way I could think into my calculator and it would not match up.

[@joewilson3393]

There is another consideration for the zombie examples, just as a little mental puzzle to consider, not a critique. You used the population as a whole for your sample size on infection rate. However, the population as a whole might not be a good representation for the data. For example, in your blood transfusion. If your friends have been actively fighting zombies a better sample might be all those with frequent exposure to zombies. Using the population as a whole would include people with much less risky exposure. Like you said with the pandemics. The odds of a doctor being exposed during a pandemic would certainly be higher than a more average person.

[@jsal7666]

is anyone just thinking about how the part at 8:44 has aged badly because of miss rona

[@DuluthTW]

I admit, you hadn't piqued my interest until I heard the word Zombies. Great lesson!

[@unodinoi9478]

Good stuff to know considering the coronavirus spreading around

[@Lolfire]

Last ditch effort for this Statistics 1 A level next Thursday.

[@themonkeymoo]

What about the 30% probability that you are yourself a latent carrier and therefore immune? In that case you would also survive even if all 3 of your friends were also latent carriers

[@lindhe]

3:07 I think you got that wrong?

[@jesuslovesyou2270]

0:20 wtf is that scary thing in the back!!!

[@aprilsonline]

I'm thinking that's one of the zombies they added in "for fun"?

[@teddy8504]

What grade is this?

[@DarkLink606]

Once I fully grasped the concept of binomial distribution, I decided never to vote again.

[@maxberre]

Brilliant!

[@tessat338]

About Binomial theorem she is teaming with a lot of news.

[@robertofontiglia4148]

1) This has been bugging me for a while now : PUT. PLANT. IN. BOX. PLOT. SHELF. 2) MORE MATHS !

[@ps374249]

I just realized her shelves are a bell curve and whisker plots

[@georgekutubidze3316]

wonderful! thank you so much

[@DuranmanX]

Except that one zombie can infect other humans, so it may not be just one or two for long

[@skoockum]

You had me at equations, then you lost me at zombies. This series seems like it's aimed at the Dora the Explora crowd. I was reeeally hoping to learn some probability, but nearly all you give out are teases to the uninterested.