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Characteristics of Bernoulli Distribution

For a Bernoulli distribution characterizing a random variable XX with probability pp for X=1X=1 ("success") and 1p1-p for X=0X=0 ("failure"), the key characteristics are:

  1. Probability mass function: P(X)=pX(1p)1XP(X) = p^{X}(1-p)^{1-X}
  2. Expectation: E[X]=p(1)+(1p)(0)=pE[X] = p(1) + (1-p)(0) = p
  3. Variance: Var(X)=E[X2](E[X])2=pp2=p(1p)Var(X) = E[X^2] - (E[X])^2 = p - p^2 = p(1-p)

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Updated 2026-06-15

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