Statistics

Question 1

What is m?

Answer 1

rank of individual point

Question 2

What is n?

Answer 2

number of points

Question 3

How do you work out the flow of return periods?

Answer 3

1) rank flows
2) choose a formula
3) plot Q(log scale) v Probability log paper
4) look at probability of return period
5) read flow of the graph

Question 4

Probability of an event

Answer 4

(n!/((n-x)!x!)) * (p)^x * (1-p)^(n-x)