Texas Instruments Voyage 200 - Randbin

TI-89 / TI-92 Plus / Voyage™ 200 PLT Statistics with List Editor App † Calc Menu 109
randBin(
Description
† (
Calc) Æ 4:Probability Æ 7:randBin(
randBin(N,P[,NUMTRIALS]) ⇒ LIST
randBin( (random binomial) generates and displays a LIST containing random real
numbers from a specified binomial distribution with the probability of success (P) and
with a specified number of trials (N).
Note: NUMTRIALS is an optional argument. If you omit NUMTRIALS, randBin( returns a scalar
random value from the binomial distribution. If you include NUMTRIALS, randBin( returns a list
containing the number of elements specified by NUMTRIALS.
Example
1. Move the cursor to the name of the list (list3) where you to return the random real
numbers.
2. Press † (Calc) and select 4:Probability. Then select 7:randBin(. The randBin( function is
displayed in the entry line.
3. Enter the arguments shown (7,.4,10).
4. Press b to compute the data.
N = 7, the number of trials
P = .4, the probability of success
NUMTRIALS = 10, the size of the data set
A list of 10 random values from a binomial distribution
with N = 7 is generated and displayed in list3.