Lecture 4: The binomial distribution

Key components of the binomial distribution In general a Binomial distribution arises when we have the following 4 conditions: - nidentical trials, e.g. 5 coin tosses - 2 possible outcomes for each trial \success" and \failure", e.g. Heads or Tails - Trials are independent, e.g. each coin toss doesn’t a ect the others ................
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