The following is a Poisson probability distribution with µ = 0.1. The variance of the distribution is ______.
A) 1.0
B) 0.9046
C) 3.0
D) 0.1

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The following is a Poisson probability distribution with µ = 0.1.  The variance of the distribution is ______.
A) 1.0 
B) 0.9046 
C) 3.0 
D) 0.1

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The variance of a Poisson distribution is equal to its mean (µ). Therefore, the variance of the given distribution is 0.1. Thus, the answer is D - 0.1.

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