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| + | Consider an event—such as a coin coming down heads—that can be true or false in each trial—or each toss—with probability ''p'' -- it has a Bernoulli distribution. A binomial distribution describes the number of times an event is true -- e.g., the coin is heads -- in ''n'' independent trials—or tosses—where the event occurs with probability p on each trial. | ||
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| + | Distributions | ||
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| + | * [[Multinomial]] -- A generalization of Binomial in which more than two outcomes are possible. | ||
Revision as of 23:07, 1 August 2007
Binomial( n,p )
Consider an event—such as a coin coming down heads—that can be true or false in each trial—or each toss—with probability p -- it has a Bernoulli distribution. A binomial distribution describes the number of times an event is true -- e.g., the coin is heads -- in n independent trials—or tosses—where the event occurs with probability p on each trial.
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Distributions
See Also
- Multinomial -- A generalization of Binomial in which more than two outcomes are possible.
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