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Q: A sales firm receives an average of three calls per hour on its toll-free number Using the Poisson Distribution find the probability that it will receive exactly 9 calls in a given hour?
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Is the Poisson probability distribution discrete or continuous?

The Poisson distribution is discrete.


Is the sample size in poisson probability distribution?

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What is the difference between poisson distribution and poisson process?

A poisson process is a non-deterministic process where events occur continuously and independently of each other. An example of a poisson process is the radioactive decay of radionuclides. A poisson distribution is a discrete probability distribution that represents the probability of events (having a poisson process) occurring in a certain period of time.


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Poisson distribution shows the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time. Example; if average of 5 cars are passing through in 1 minute. probability of 4 cars passing can be calculated by using Poisson distribution. Exponential distribution shows the probability of waiting times between occurrences of events. If we use the same example; probability of a car coming in next 40 seconds can be calculated by using exponential distribution. -Poisson : probability of x times occurrence -Exponential : probability of waiting times between events.


What is the difference between poisson and binomial distribution?

Poisson and Binomial both the distribution are used for defining discrete events.You can tell that Poisson distribution is a subset of Binomial distribution. Binomial is the most preliminary distribution to encounter probability and statistical problems. On the other hand when any event occurs with a fixed time interval and having a fixed average rate then it is Poisson distribution.


What is the Assumptions for a Binomial distribution and Poisson?

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How many experimental outcomes are possible for the binomial and the Poisson distributions?

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Which distribution is used to find probabilities about the number of independent events occurring in a fixed time period with a known average rate?

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What is the Probability density function of Poisson distribution?

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How do you differentiate a Poisson distribution and a binomial one in a level qns?

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