10 Questions
Which distribution describes the probability of getting exactly x successes in n trials of a probability experiment?
Binomial distribution
What does PMF stand for?
Probability Mass Function
When does the binomial distribution become a good approximation of the normal distribution?
When the number of trials is large enough
Which distribution can be approximated by a binomial distribution with large size n and a small probability p?
Poisson distribution
What does the Poisson distribution describe?
The probability of obtaining x number of occurrences over a certain period of time
What is the mean and standard deviation of a binomial distribution?
Mean = np, Standard deviation = sqrt(npq)
Which distribution adjusts variance independently from the mean?
Negative binomial distribution
Which distribution is a special case of the negative binomial distribution?
Poisson distribution
What is the probability mass function (PMF)?
The probability associated with each discrete outcome
Which distribution describes the probability of obtaining x number of successes in n trials?
Binomial distribution
Test your knowledge of the binomial distribution with this quiz! Explore the probability of getting specific numbers of successes in a given number of trials. Learn about the concept through examples and understand how it applies to real-life scenarios like coin flips and web activity analysis.
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