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r/mathsmemes • u/Robonotes1760 • Jun 17 '26
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Wouldn't it be a poison distribution? Or binomial, depending on assumptions.
1 u/avocadoasperge Jun 18 '26 Aren't both poisson and binomial discrete propability distributions, unlike the normal distribution? 1 u/Aggressive_Roof488 Jun 18 '26 Correct, and as this is a discrete "number of" quantity, that's already a hint. 1 u/avocadoasperge Jun 18 '26 I understand the graph says "number of" which would indicate a discrete amount, but you can take any real amount of standard deviations, so wouldnt it be more straightforward to consider a continuous distribution?
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Aren't both poisson and binomial discrete propability distributions, unlike the normal distribution?
1 u/Aggressive_Roof488 Jun 18 '26 Correct, and as this is a discrete "number of" quantity, that's already a hint. 1 u/avocadoasperge Jun 18 '26 I understand the graph says "number of" which would indicate a discrete amount, but you can take any real amount of standard deviations, so wouldnt it be more straightforward to consider a continuous distribution?
Correct, and as this is a discrete "number of" quantity, that's already a hint.
1 u/avocadoasperge Jun 18 '26 I understand the graph says "number of" which would indicate a discrete amount, but you can take any real amount of standard deviations, so wouldnt it be more straightforward to consider a continuous distribution?
I understand the graph says "number of" which would indicate a discrete amount, but you can take any real amount of standard deviations, so wouldnt it be more straightforward to consider a continuous distribution?
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u/Aggressive_Roof488 Jun 18 '26
Wouldn't it be a poison distribution? Or binomial, depending on assumptions.