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Which distribution describes the probability of getting exactly x successes in n trials of a probability experiment?
Which distribution describes the probability of getting exactly x successes in n trials of a probability experiment?
- Poisson distribution
- Binomial distribution (correct)
- Normal distribution
- Negative binomial distribution
What does PMF stand for?
What does PMF stand for?
- Probability Median Function
- Probability Mass Function (correct)
- Probability Mean Function
- Probability Mode Function
When does the binomial distribution become a good approximation of the normal distribution?
When does the binomial distribution become a good approximation of the normal distribution?
- When the probability of success is large enough
- When the number of trials is large enough (correct)
- When the number of successes is large enough
- When the standard deviation is large enough
Which distribution can be approximated by a binomial distribution with large size n and a small probability p?
Which distribution can be approximated by a binomial distribution with large size n and a small probability p?
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What does the Poisson distribution describe?
What does the Poisson distribution describe?
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What is the mean and standard deviation of a binomial distribution?
What is the mean and standard deviation of a binomial distribution?
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Which distribution adjusts variance independently from the mean?
Which distribution adjusts variance independently from the mean?
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Which distribution is a special case of the negative binomial distribution?
Which distribution is a special case of the negative binomial distribution?
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What is the probability mass function (PMF)?
What is the probability mass function (PMF)?
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Which distribution describes the probability of obtaining x number of successes in n trials?
Which distribution describes the probability of obtaining x number of successes in n trials?
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