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binomial distribution

noun

, Statistics.
  1. a distribution giving the probability of obtaining a specified number of successes in a finite set of independent trials in which the probability of a success remains the same from trial to trial.


binomial distribution

noun

  1. a statistical distribution giving the probability of obtaining a specified number of successes in a specified number of independent trials of an experiment with a constant probability of success in each. Symbol: Bi ( n, p ), where n is the number of trials and p the probability of success in each
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binomial distribution

  1. The frequency distribution of the probability of a specified number of successes in an arbitrary number of repeated independent Bernoulli trials.
  2. Also called Bernoulli distribution


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Word History and Origins

Origin of binomial distribution1

First recorded in 1910–15

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