poisson
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- noun
- /pwɑːˈsɒn/
- Specialized
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distribución de Poisson
- The count of arrests was assumed to have a Poisson distribution.
- Poisson distribution
- Poisson model
- Poisson regression
Examples
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I've done this with other volcanoes, and even tried a Poisson distribution.
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The exponential distribution is the continuous analog of the Poisson distribution.
Academic text (1991) -
You see, here we have a normal Poisson distribution for the animal population.
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Poisson regression allows rate ratios and their confidence intervals to be obtained.
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We used multi-variable Poisson regression models with robust variance.
Academic text (2011) -
Therefore, the auditing system's alarms should be truly random, i.e., these alarms should be a Poisson-like process.
Academic text (1999) -
The SaTScan space-time retrospective discrete Poisson model identified fewer and larger high-low clusters.
Academic text (2018) -
In statistical modeling, the number of events in a fixed interval often follows a Poisson distribution.
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Researchers often use a Poisson distribution to predict the number of customer arrivals at a store during lunch hours.
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To analyze traffic accidents at a busy intersection, we applied a Poisson distribution to estimate the frequency of incidents.
Synonyms
A model showing how often rare events happen in a fixed time or area
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A model showing how often rare events happen in a fixed time or area
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poisson in statistics is named after the French mathematician Poisson, not the 'fish'. It describes how many times an event happens in a fixed time at a steady average rate, which is why we use it to model counts like phone calls or accidents.