the poisson distribution is a distribution with physical me

the poisson distribution is a ___________ distribution with physical meaning (or physical interpretation) in ________ time.

a) continous; continous

b) discrete;discrete

c) continous; discrete

d) discrete; continous

Solution

Answer: c

The poisson distribution is the continuous counterpart to the binomial distribution. However, it is applied over a discrete X.

For more information, look up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution