Poisson distribution Definition and 127 Threads

My attempt: (i) ##\lambda =3## (ii) (a) ##P(N_{2} \geq 1=1-P(N_{2} =0)=1-e^{-6} \frac{(-6)^0}{0!}=0.997## (b) ##P(N_{4} \geq 3)=1-P(N_{4} \leq 2)=0.999## (c) ##P(N_{1} \geq 2) = 1-P(N_{4} \leq 1)=0.8## Do I even understand the question correctly for part (i) and (ii)?(iii) The expectation of...

I would like to arrive at the following expression for the quantity ##o_{\ell}## ( with "DM" for Dark Matter ): ##o_{\ell}=b_{s p}^2 C_{\ell}^{D M}+B_{s p}## with Poisson noise ##B_{s p}=\frac{1}{\bar{n}}(\bar{n}## being the average number of galaxies observed). the index "sp" is for spectro...

Hello. I would like to kindly request some help with a multi-part problem on identifying random processes as an intro topic from my stats course. I’m fairly uncertain with this topic so I suspect my attempt is mostly incorrect, especially when specifying the parameters, and I would be grateful...

Hello :) I try to fit some parameters of the particle (e.g. energy, direction) be means of log-likelihood minimization. Input data to likelihood function are pulses amplitudes, while Poisson distribution is used. However, the problem is that Poisson distribution is as follows i.e. for higher...

Please excuse me for posting in this group.l There seems to be little activity in the statistics group and i might get no response. For this example, lambda, is the average of dogs per 100 square miles = 0.05. if I wanted the probability of 2 dogs in 100 square miles I would calculate.. P(x=2)...

I calculated the mean which is 78.4 And the Standard deviation is 5.6 I thought the answer would be (90^(-78.4)/78.4!)*e^-90 But looking back having a decimal factorial doesn't make sense I have the numerical answers for c)= 0.019226 and d)=0.022750 but I my solution was wrong. Any help on...

I have an expression of Matter Angular power spectrum which can be computed numerically by a simple rectangular integration method (see below). I make appear in this expression the spectroscopic bias ##b_{s p}^{2}## and the Cosmic variance ##N^{C}##. ## \begin{aligned}...

Hi there, I hope I chose the right forum for my question. So, basically, I'm doing an analysis measuring the number of signal particles in a certain momentum bin i, and doing two corrections: Nsig, i=M*(Nmeas, i-Nbkg, i) Here, M is a matrix covering PID correction and PID efficiencies, and...

Variation coefficient is calculated by And the very definition of poisson distribution is that $$\mu = \sigma $$ So how would any other value but 1 be a possible?

Confused and not sure if it is correct, but please do correct my steps. We let event B be that there are at least 3 customers entering in 5 minutes. Hence P(B) = 1- P(X=0)- P(X=1) - P(X=2) = ##1- \dfrac{e^{-5}5^{0}}{0!}-\dfrac{e^{-5}5^{1}}{1!}-\dfrac{e^{-5}5^{2}}{2!} ## = 0.8753... Now we let...

Here's the problem: A chef made 500 cookies randomly mixed with 1000 nuts including 600 almonds and 400 hazelnuts in which each nut is the same size. Suppose the number of pieces of nuts in a piece of cookie follows a Poisson distribution. (a) Suppose cookies are randomly selected one-by-one...

My setup: I have the an LED (LED370E) in front of a photodiode (S12915-16R). The photodiode is connected to an ADC (DT5751) which has a counting functionality. The way it works is that it counts how many times the signal goes above a certain threshold and makes a histogram out of it. I know...

Apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere. I know a Poisson process implies a Poisson distribution, but does a Poisson distribution imply a Poisson process? and does the absence of a Poisson distribution imply the absence of a Poisson process? TIA - Sunil

So I thought you would find the probability of having 0 errors when the mean rate is 1.6. Square that by 5 and multiply that by one minus the probability of having 0 errors to the power of 7. So that is basically the probability of having 0 errors to the power of 5 multiplied by the probability...

Can anyone kindly tell me how I can derive a Probability Generating Function of Poisson Distribution for ##X+Y## where ##X## and ##Y## are independent? I know that PGF for a single variate Poisson Distribution is: ##G(t) = e^{-\lambda (1-t)}##. Then how can I derive a PGF for the same? Is...

<Moderator's note: Moved from a technical forum and thus no template.> So, I have this problem and I am stuck on a sum. The problem I was given is the following: The probability of a given number n of events (0 ≤ n < ∞) in a counting experiment per time (e.g. radioactive decay events per...

Homework Statement Pedestrians approach to a signal for road crossing in a Poisson manner with arrival rate ##\lambda## per sec. The first pedestrian arriving the signal pushes the button to start time ##T##, and thus we assume his arrival time is ##t=0##, and he always see ##T## wait time. A...

Homework Statement Pedestrian are arriving to a signal for crossing road with an arrival rate of ##\lambda## arrivals per minute. Whenever the first Pedestrian arrives at signal, he exactly waits for time ##T##, thus we say the first Pedestrian arrives at time ##0##. When time reaches ##T##...

Homework Statement Pedestrians approach to a signal at the crossing in a Poisson manner with arrival rate ##\lambda## arrivals per minute. The first pedestrian arriving the signal starts a timer ##T## then waits for time ##T##. A light is flashed after time T, and all waiting pedestrians who...

These days I've been reading in the internet about the Poisson Distribution because that was a concept I couldn't manage to understand completely when I studied it, so since then I've been always quite curious about Poisson processes, and how there are a lot of natural phenomena (mostly the...

Hi there, not sure whether this is in the right section but: I've made two runs of a radioactive decay experiment where I've got a log(N) vs. time plots. From this I've got the decay constants and hence the half-life. I've averaged these two half-lives ( = 160 secs) and now I'm trying to work...

Homework Statement A dealer has a stock of 6 similar television sets which he rents out to customers on a monthly basis. It is known from past experience of the dealer that the monthly demand for the television sets have a Poisson distribution with mean 3.56 (i) Find the probability that in any...

Homework Statement The number of flaws in a plastic panel used in the interior of cars has a mean of 2.2 flaws per square meter of panel . What's the probability that there are less than 20 surface flaws in 10 square meter of panel ? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution This is a...

The following is a somewhat mathematical question, but I am interested in using the idea to define a set of quantum measurement operators defined as described in the answer to this post. Question: The Poisson Distribution ##Pr(M|\lambda)## is given by $$Pr(M|\lambda) =...

Homework Statement The number of tornadoes per year, in Georgia, has a Poisson distribution with a mean of 2.4 tornadoes. Calculate the probability that in any given year, there will be: (i) At most 2 cases. (ii) At least one case. (iii) Calculate the probability that there will be...

Hi The question is about diseased trees in an area (Poisson process), and states that λ = 15 diseased trees in a km square. I need to calculate expected distance from a point in the square to a diseased tree. Now I thought that this means that P(diseased tree = 0) ~ Po(15) = 3.059 x 10^-7 Or...

Hello, I have been thinking about this problem for a while, but I can't decide how it should be tackled statistically. I wonder if you can help, please. Suppose that prostheses for hip replacement are sold mainly by 2 manufacturers, A and B. Since they started being sold 20 years ago, 100 000...

Homework Statement On average, 2 students per hour come into the class. What is the probability that the time between two consecutive arrivals is in the interval <10 minutes; 50 minutes>. Homework Equations p(k)=P(Y=k)=((lambda*t)k*(e-lambda*t)/k! The Attempt at a Solution I've tried using...

Hi guys, I have a question about computing conditional probabilities of a Poisson distribution. Say we have a Poisson distribution P(X = x) = e^(−λ)(λx)/(x!) where X is some event. My question is how would we compute P(X > x1 | X > x2), or more specifically P(X> x1 ∩ X > x2) with x1 > x2? I...

Hello. Given a range of time in which an event can occur an indefinite number of times, we say a random variable X folows a poisson distribution when it follows this statements: X is the number of times an event occurs in an interval and X can take values 0, 1, 2, … The occurrence of one event...

Three conditions must be met in order for the Poisson Distribution to be used: 1) The average count rate is constant over time 2) The counts occurring are independent 3) The probability of 2 or more counts occurring in the interval $n$ is zero Simply, why must these conditions be met for valid...

You can model the probability for radioactive decay as a Poisson distribution. This is the probability for radioactive decay within a specific time interval. (I probably got some of it wrong here). P(k,μ)=λ^k⋅exp(-μ)/k! Is there a way to use this formula to derive the other formula for...

X = # of cars that pass in one hour E(X) = λ = n * p λ cars/1hour = 60min/hour * (λ/60) cars/min In this old video (5:09) on poisson process Sal asks: "What if more than one car passes in a minute?" "We call it a success if one car passes in one minute, but even if 5 cars pass, it counts as 1...

Hello all, I have this Poisson distribution question, which I find slightly tricky, and I'll explain why. The number of car accidents in a city has a Poisson distribution. In March the number was 150, in April 120, in May 110 and in June 120. Eight days are being chosen by random, not...

Homework Statement I am given a data set known to come from a poisson distribution. Homework Equations Poisson distribution The Attempt at a Solution I want to calculate the mean of the data set for use in the Poisson Distribution function. How do I best estimate this. Do I take the...

Homework Statement We assume that the number of structural flaws on a long wire have obey Poisson distribution law. On average we find 1 flaw every 5 meters. a) What is the probability that a 20 m long section will have maximum 2 flaws? b) We slice the wire into 1 m long sections. What is the...

Homework Statement A telephone operator receives four phone calls in three minutes on the average. Let a Poisson random number X denote the number of phone calls per minute to this operator. (a) Find the probability that this operator receives two phone calls in a minute. (b) Find the...

Homework Statement A teacher has an infinite flow of papers to mark. They appear in his office at random times, at an average rate of 10 a day. On average 10% of the manuscripts are free from errors. What is the probability that the teacher will see exactly one error-free manuscript (a) after...

Homework Statement I have run into a situation that my gut tells me is impossible (alright extremely unlikely) when assuming a Poisson distribution. I want to make this gut feeling more formal by testing it against a Poisson distribution. Sadly I'm not a schooled statistician. Generalised...

Homework Statement An experimenter measures the counting rate from a radioactive source as 10,150 counts in 100 minutes. Without changing any of the conditions, the experimenter counts for one minute. There is a probability of about 15 percent that the number of counts recorded will be fewer...

Hi, I was trying to think of a way to generate a Poisson distribution using a single deck of 52. Say I am looking at the position of the Ace of spades in the deck after a number of shuffle rounds (1 shuffle round is 7 riffle type shuffles). Success is that an Ace of spades is on top of the...

I'm looking to model a system in which events are nearly perfectly randomly distributed but with a slight tendency for events to avoid each other. As you know, if the system were perfectly random, I could use a Poisson distribution. The probability distribution for the number of events would...

Hi. I normally can solve poisson distribution questions with ease. But this one question had me thinking for hours on end with no solution. It would be great if someone can help me. QN: The number of incoming calls per minute, X, to a telephone exchange has a Poisson distribution with mean 2...

Problem: McBurger’s drive-thru has only one service window and serves an average of 2 customers every 5 minutes. 70% of customers order drinks from the drive-thru. The manager monitors the employee at the drive-thru for the next 3 hours. He will give the employee a raise if exactly 20 customers...

This is probably a stupid question , but, It's easy enough to show that the mle of a poission distribution is ## \bar{x}##: ## \hat{ \lambda}= \bar{x} ## But,I'm then looking at the generalized ratio test section of my book, multinomial, it esitmates ## \lambda ## for some data by ## \sum...

Homework Statement i am having problem with part iv ) . the ans is 0.04519 . can anyone tell me how to do this ? i have solved part i , ii and iii ..p/s line 1: [SIZE="3"][SIZE="2"]A tank contain 10^5 cm3 of water Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Homework Statement A coffee shop sell tea and coffee. The number of cups of coffee sold in a minute can be assumed to be a random poisson variable with mean = 1.5 . The number of cups of tea sold can be assumed to be an independent random variable with mean = 0.5. Calculate the probablity...

Hi guys I got a question on the poisson distribution and never previously done stats at all. It follows: The mean count of a radioactive substance is 25 disintegrations per minute. Using the Poisson distribution, find the probability that, in a time of 12 seconds, there are- i) No...

Homework Statement I am a freshman in physics, just done a lab about radioactive decay. I've measured the # of beta particles per second 400 times and got the frequency of each number K using Excel. I'm supposed to take the data and fit it to a puason distribution in MATlab. The data points...

Homework Statement A rectangular field is gridded into squares of side 1m. at one time of the year the number of snails in the field can be modeled by a Poisson distribution with mean 2.25 per m^2. (i) a random sample of 120 squares is observed and the number of snails in each square...