When Dealing with the Number of Occurrences of an Event

question 4

Multiple Choice

When dealing with the number of occurrences of an event over a specified interval of time or space, the appropriate probability distribution is a

• A) Binomial distribution.
• B) Poisson distribution.
• C) Normal distribution.
• D) Hypergeometric probability distribution.

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Definitions:

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