Two Characteristics, or Assumptions, of the Poisson Distribution Are That

question 26

Multiple Choice

Two characteristics, or assumptions, of the Poisson distribution are that

• A) the probability of success remains constant from trial to trial, and the random variable of interest is continuous.
• B) the event occurring in any interval is independent of the event occurring in any other nonoverlapping interval, and the random variable of interest is continuous.
• C) the event occurring in any interval is independent of the event occurring in any other nonoverlapping interval, and the random variable of interest is discrete.
• D) the event occurring in any interval is dependent on the event occurring in any other nonoverlapping interval, and the random variable of interest is continuous.

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