DMP 8.4: The Poisson Distribution

Reading

Read Section 2.5, pages 107–111.

The important notions are:

• Poisson Random Variables
• Poisson Random Variables as limits of Bernoulli Random Variables
• Expectation of a Poisson Random Variable
• Variance of a Poisson Random Variable

Video

The following video examines the Poisson distribution using Exercise 81.

Exercises

If you want some practice, try these representative exercises: 75, 80, 82, and 86.