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A ‘Striking’ Demonstration of the Poisson Distribution
Author(s) -
Buonaccorsi Vincent,
Skibiel Amy
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2005.00189.x
Subject(s) - poisson distribution , meaning (existential) , simple (philosophy) , distribution (mathematics) , mathematics education , zero inflated model , mathematics , computer science , calculus (dental) , statistics , econometrics , poisson regression , epistemology , sociology , mathematical analysis , demography , philosophy , medicine , population , dentistry
Summary This article describes a simple classroom activity that helps students immediately visualize and understand the meaning and mathematical properties of the Poisson distribution.