NOUN | cognition | Poisson distribution | a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large |
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Meaning | A theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large. | |
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Category | statistics | A branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters |
Broader | distribution, statistical distribution | (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence |
Catalan | Distribució de Poisson |
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