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Poisson distribution is a special case of the Binomial
- bsmith89 6y agoIs the more accurate statement "The Poisson distribution is the limit of the Binomial as n goes to infinity" not a better summary?
- bluepoint 6y agoMaybe even better: it is the limit of the binomial distribution as the n goes to infinity with n * p constant, where p is the probability of success.
- iamcreasy 6y agoThere is a dedicated wiki[1] page for relationship among probability distributions for anybody interested. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationships_among_probability_distributions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relationships_among_probabilit...