The expected number of heads is 50 because the expected value for a counting experiment like this is calculated as the number of trials multiplied by the probability of success on each trial. With 100 tosses and a fair coin (probability of heads = 0.5), the calculation is 100⋅0.5=50.
Conditions: The coin is fair.; There are 100 tosses per trial.; X counts heads.
The expected number of heads is 50 because the expected value for a counting experiment like this is calculated as the number of trials multiplied by the probability of success on each trial. With 100 tosses and a fair coin (probability of heads = 0.5), the calculation is 100⋅0.5=50.
Conditions: The coin is fair.; There are 100 tosses per trial.; X counts heads.
The sample mean converges to 50 because 50 is the expected value E(X) of the random variable X (number of heads in 100 fair-coin tosses). According to the law of large numbers, as the number of trials n approaches infinity, the sample mean Xn approaches the expected value.
Conditions: The coin is fair.; X counts heads after 100 tosses.; n approaches infinity.
The sample mean converges to 50 because 50 is the expected value E(X) of the random variable X (number of heads in 100 fair-coin tosses). According to the law of large numbers, as the number of trials n approaches infinity, the sample mean Xn approaches the expected value.
Conditions: The coin is fair.; X counts heads after 100 tosses.; n approaches infinity.