How Does a Multinomial Distribution Differ from a Binomial Distribution

question 43

Multiple Choice

How does a multinomial distribution differ from a binomial distribution?

• A)A binomial has only two possible categories and a multinomial can have more.
• B)A binomial has a fixed number of n trials.A multinomial has a fixed number of nk trials,where k is the number of categories.
• C)The probabilities in a binomial distribution are always p and 1 − p.The trials in a multinomial distribution are always p/k and (1 − p/k).
• D)All of these choices are true.

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