Which of the following distributions describes the number of times an event occurs during a given period of time or space?
A) Uniform distribution
B) Exponential distribution
C) Poisson distribution
D) Normal distribution
E) None of the answer choices is correct.

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The Poisson distribution is used to model the number of times an event occurs during a given period of time or space, assuming that the events occur independently and at a constant rate. The other distributions listed do not specifically model count data.

Which of the Following Distributions Describes the Number of Times