Which of the Following Correctly Describes a Poisson Random Variable

question 96

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly describes a Poisson random variable?

• A) It does not generate a binomial either/or outcome because only a single type of outcome or "event" is occurring during the Poisson process.
• B) It is not confined to a fixed number of trials, because its value can equal any discrete integer between zero and infinity, along a continuum of time or space.
• C) It equals the number of occurrences of a specified event within a specified time or space.
• D) All of these.
• E) None of these.

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