Binomial Distribution Handbook for Scientists and Engineers

Binomial Distribution - an overview binomial distribution Binomial Distribution is a Discrete Distribution It describes the outcome of binary scenarios, toss of a coin, it will either be head or tails normal distribution Tossing a thumbtack n times, with S = point up and F = point down, also results in a binomial experiment Page 5 5 The Binomial Random Variable and

binomial distribution Two generalizations of the simple binomial distribution are common in statistical text-books, one due to W Lexis and the other to S D Poisson