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See also: normal distribution, Bernoulli distribution, hypergeometric distribution, relationship between distributions 

Binomial Distribution


 
Definition
The binomial distribution describes a discrete probability distribution.
Graphical View
Applications P is the probability, that event E occurs exactly x times in a population of n events. A binomial distribution is encountered when drawing proportions of a Bernoulli process.
First Moment E(X) = np
Second Moment VAR(X) = np(1-p)
Simulation The program Discrete Distributions calculates the probability density functions of the binomial, the hypergeometric, and Poisson distribution. After specifying the appropriate parameters both the probability density and the cumulative distribution is calculated and displayed.

Last Update: 2009-Mär-29