A-level · Statistical distributions

The normal approximation to the Poisson distributionExam-style questions

When λ is large, a Poisson count is close to N(λ, λ): rescale λ to the whole interval, correct for continuity, standardise with √λ, and run the same steps backwards to find a threshold count or an unknown λ, or to test a rate over a long interval.

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