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

question 43

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 one 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 one 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 one interval is dependent on the event occurring in any other nonoverlapping interval,and the random variable of interest is continuous.

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