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If a random variable X has a binomial distribution, we write X ~ B(n, p) (~ means 'has distribution?'). n and p are known as the parameters of the distribution (n can be any integer greater than 0 and p can be any number between 0 and 1).

In a binomial distribution, the probability of getting a success must remain the same for the trials we are investigating. For example, when tossing a coin, the probability of flipping a coin is ½ or 0.5 for every trial we conduct, since there are only two possible outcomes.

A Poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution. It gives the probability of an event happening a certain number of times (k) within a given interval of time or space. The Poisson distribution has only one parameter, ? (lambda), which is the mean number of events.

Probability Distribution Function It can be written as F(x) = P (X ? x). Furthermore, if there is a semi-closed interval given by (a, b then the probability distribution function is given by the formula P(a < X ? b) = F(b) - F(a). The probability distribution function of a random variable always lies between 0 and 1.

Probability is the likelihood that an event will occur and is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of possible outcomes. The simplest example is a coin flip. When you flip a coin there are only two possible outcomes, the result is either heads or tails.

There are many different classifications of probability distributions. Some of them include the normal distribution, chi square distribution, binomial distribution, and Poisson distribution.

This is a simple way of estimating a distribution: we split the sample space up into bins, count how many samples fall into each bin, and then divide the counts by the total number of samples.