3 - Minitab: Binomial Distributions

Two generalizations of the simple binomial distribution are common in statistical text-books, one due to W Lexis and the other to S D Poisson

The probability that a binomial random variable, X, has exactly x successes for n independent trials , when the probability of success is p, is called the

binomial distribution Standard Statistical Distributions and their uses Statistics: Distributions Summary Normal distribution describes

normal distribution Binomial distribution, Poisson distribution, geometric distribution and negative binomial distribution are some examples of discrete random variable