Poisson distribution was derived in 1837 by a French Mathematician Simeon D Poisson (1731 – 1840).
POISSON DISTRIBUTION
Poisson distribution was derived
in 1837 by a French Mathematician Simeon D Poisson (1731 – 1840). In binomial
distribution, the values of p and q and n are given. There is a certainty of
the total number of events. But there are cases where p is very small and n is
very large and such case is normally related to poisson distribution. For
example, persons killed in road accidents, the number of defective articles
produced by a quality machine. Poisson distribution may be obtained as a limiting
case of binomial probability distribution, under the following condition.
i. P, successes, approach zero (p 0)
ii. np = m is finite.
The poisson distribution of the probabilities of occurrence of various
rare events (successes) 0,1,2,…. Are given below:
Where, e = 2.718, and m = average number of occurrence of given
distribution.
The poisson distribution is a
discrete distribution with a parameter m.
The
various constants are:
Illustration:
A book contains 100 misprints
distributed randomly throughout its 100 pages. What is the probability that a
page observed at random contains at least two misprints? Assume Poisson
Distribution.
Illustration:
If the mean of a Poisson distribution is 16, find (1) S.D.(2) B1 (3) B2 (4) µ3 (5) µ4
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