Chapter 5: Q 28. (page 247)
Name three common discrete probability distributions other than the binomial distribution.
Short Answer
- The Poisson distribution
- hypergeometric distribution
- and geometric distribution
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Chapter 5: Q 28. (page 247)
Name three common discrete probability distributions other than the binomial distribution.
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