Which of the following distributions is appropriate for modelling the frequency of rare events in a large number of trials?
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1 mark, −0.33StatisticsRandom variables and standard distributionsThe Poisson distributionEasyabout 1 min
UoH 2013 Question 87: Random variables and standard distributions
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This question is on The Poisson distribution, part of Random variables and standard distributions in Statistics.
Counts of rare events, where mean equals variance.
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