binomial distribution

American  

noun

Statistics.

1. a distribution giving the probability of obtaining a specified number of successes in a finite set of independent trials in which the probability of a success remains the same from trial to trial.

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binomial distribution British  

noun

1. a statistical distribution giving the probability of obtaining a specified number of successes in a specified number of independent trials of an experiment with a constant probability of success in each. Symbol: Bi ( n, p ), where n is the number of trials and p the probability of success in each

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binomial distribution Scientific  

1. The frequency distribution of the probability of a specified number of successes in an arbitrary number of repeated independent Bernoulli trials.

2. Also called Bernoulli distribution

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Etymology

Origin of binomial distribution

First recorded in 1910–15

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Can this binomial distribution be approximated with a normal distribution?

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Use the normal distribution to approximate the binomial distribution, and find the probability the experiment will have at least 45 successes.

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Use the normal distribution to approximate the binomial distribution, and determine the probability at least 30, but no more than 32, questions will be guessed correctly.

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Below the binomial distribution is a normal distribution to be used to estimate this probability.

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We say that the binomial distribution approaches the Poisson.

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