Discrete Probability Distributions: Apply It 2

  • Create a discrete probability distribution and use it to find probabilities
  • Determine if probability models meet the conditions for a discrete probability model

Bar Graph – Discrete Probability Distribution

Animation of a person sleeping dreaming about statistics.

A large, national survey[1] conducted by the American College Health Association asked college students the question: “On how many of the last 7 days did you take a nap?”


  1. American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment. (2020). Undergraduate student reference group data report, Fall 2019. https://www.acha.org/NCHA/ACHA-NCHA_Data/Publications_and_Reports/NCHA/Data/Reports_ACHA-NCHAIII.aspx