Appendix CProbability Distributions

Discrete Distributions

C.1.1 Binomial Distribution

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θ is the probability of getting a success in each trial, 0 ≤ θ ≤ 1,

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Probability mass function

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Mean and variance

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C.1.2 Poisson Distribution

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Probability mass function

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Mean and variance

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Continuous Distributions

C.2.1 Beta Distribution

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Probability density function

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Γ(x) is the gamma ...

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