Question

A​ ________ distribution is useful for calculating the probability that a certain number of events will occur over a specific interval of time or space.

Answer 1

Answer: Poisson

Explanation:

The Poisson probability distribution gives the probability of a number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space if these events happen with a known average rate and independently of the time since the last event.

For example, a book editor might be interested in the number of words spelled incorrectly in a particular book. It might be that, on the average, there are five words spelled incorrectly in 100 pages. The interval is the 100 pages