Binomial distribution
What Binomial distribution means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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The model used for a binomial test, in which the test statistic is the number of successes and is compared with critical values or a p-value.
Models the number of successes in n independent trials, each with the same probability p of success.
A discrete probability distribution for the number of successes in a fixed number of independent trials, each with the same probability of success. Notation: X ~ B(n, p), where n is the number of trials and p is the probability of success.
The distribution of the number of successes in a fixed number of independent trials, each with two outcomes and the same probability of success.
A distribution for the number of successes in a fixed number of independent trials, each with two outcomes and the same probability of success.
Topics that use Binomial distribution
- N: Statistical distributions (AQA A-Level)
- O: Statistical hypothesis testing (AQA A-Level)
- Probability (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Statistical distributions (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Normal distribution
- Random variable
- continuity correction
- Mean (μ)
- standard deviation
- Standardisation
- Variance (σ²)
- binomial hypothesis testing
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