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The Poisson distribution

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What the syllabus asks of you

  • use formulae to calculate probabilities for the distribution Po(λ)
  • use the fact that if X ~ Po(λ) then the mean and variance of X are each equal to λ
  • understand the relevance of the Poisson distribution to the distribution of random events, and use the Poisson distribution as a model
  • use the Poisson distribution as an approximation to the binomial distribution where appropriate
  • use the normal distribution, with continuity correction, as an approximation to the Poisson distribution where appropriate.

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Chapter 28: The Poisson distribution

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