A Poisson distribution is
A)relevant when we sample from a population with only two types of members.
B)relevant when we perform a series of independent,identical experiments with only two possible outcomes.
C)usually relevant when we are interested in the number of events that occur over a given interval of time.
D)the cornerstone of statistical theory.

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The Poisson distribution is used to model the number of events that occur in a fixed interval of time or space when these events happen with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

A Poisson Distribution Is