The Poisson Distribution Is a Version of the Discrete Distribution

question 9

Multiple Choice

The Poisson distribution is a version of the discrete distribution used ________.

• A)to adjust for the likelihood of one event occurring most of the time
• B)as a complement to the Bernoulli distribution
• C)to measure the number of events occurring in an interval of time
• D)to simulate a continuous distribution

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