Poisson distribution
Day 13
first.
X =Number of "hits" in a fixed interval of
space or time (interval can be area
or volume)
Lambda = np = expected number of hits/successes
in the whole interval (whole n trials).
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8
trials, 3 hits
HW Poisson HW on Day
13
HW Do London
Bombs page: exercise in Poisson in Area context, real data. Hand
in answers to Part A (noncomputer), and comments on what you saw in
simulations (Part B)
Next: "Expectation" Ash Ch. 3: 3.1, 3.2 (& 3.4). Expectation
of X = mean of X
M&M Means and Variances 4.4 pp317-330 (lightly over Laws
of Large Numbers). (Reading--zigzag between texts)
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