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binomial distributions

binomial distributions is the plural of binomial distribution.

Meaning of binomial distribution

Noun

binomial distribution (plural binomial distributions)

  1. The discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of n independent trials, each of which yields success with probability p.
    • The first two have long histories in statistical theory, the binomial distribution having been discovered by James Bernoulli about 1700 and the Poisson distribution, which is a limiting form of the binomial distribution, by S. D. Poisson in 1837.1979, M. G. Bulmer, Principles of Statistics, Dover, page 81

Questions about binomial distributions

What is binomial distributions the plural of?
Binomial distributions is the plural of binomial distribution.

Words near binomial distributions in the dictionary

  1. binomes
  2. binomial
  3. binomial coefficient
  4. binomial coefficients
  5. binomial distribution
  6. binomial distributions
  7. binomial expansion
  8. binomial expansions
  9. binomial name
  10. binomial names
  11. binomial nomenclature

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