MAT330/681 LECTURE 12 (3/14/2022): POISSON RANDOM VARIABLES





Announcements: Please remember that HW6 is due Wednesday, as usual. The next class will be held in person, starting at 11:00am, this Wednesday. See you there!


• Video 1: A quick recap from Calculus: Download file or watch below


• Video 2: Poisson random variables: Download file or watch below


• Video 3: Problem involving a Poisson random variable: Download file or watch below


• Video 4: When to use a Poisson distribution: Download file or watch below

By the way, you can play with the parameter $\lambda$ of a Poisson distribution and see how it affects the shape of the probability mass function here.


• Video 5: Using a Poisson random variable to approximate a Binomial random variable with large $n$: Download file or watch below




• Lecture Notes (static file from above videos): PDF file





Last updated: Mar 14, 2022, 11:00am EDT