The Expected Value or Mean of a Poisson Distribution Is

question 108

Multiple Choice

The expected value or mean of a Poisson distribution is equal to:

• A)the variance of the distribution.
• B)the standard deviation of the distribution.
• C)the negative square root of the variance of the distribution.
• D)the number of occurrences multiplied by its probability.
• E)none of the above

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