https://gdpark.blog/tags/poisson-distribution/Recent content in Poisson Distribution on gdpark.blogHugoenWed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-02-derivation-of-the-poisson-distribution/Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-02-derivation-of-the-poisson-distribution/We kick off the distributions series by deriving the Poisson from scratch — starting with the binomial and cranking n to infinity to see what shakes out.https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-03-derivation-of-the-exponential-distribution/Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/statistics-03-derivation-of-the-exponential-distribution/We skip the normal distribution to derive the exponential distribution — aka the waiting time until the first event — straight from the Poisson!