MAT330 LECTURE 18 (4/1/2020): POISSON RANDOM VARIABLES





• Announcements: HW7 is due next Monday (4/6/2020) at 11:00am (beginning of class), and is available online. The first problem is about the previous lecture, the second problem is about this present lecture. Anytime you have questions, remember you can always send me an email!


• Video about Poisson random variable (definition): Download file or watch below


• Video about Poisson random variable (Expected value): Download file or watch below


• Video about Poisson random variable (Variance): Download file or watch below


• Video about using Poisson to approximate Binomial random variable: Download file or watch below


• Video with worked example of Poisson random variable: Download file or watch below




• Lecture Notes (static file from above videos): PDF file


• External link 1: Theory visualization of Poisson distribution. I highly recommend checking this out, select "Poisson" from the dropdown menu, and move around the sliders for $\lambda$, to see how the probability mass function changes.

• External link 2: Recap/Summary of Poisson random variables, with examples (video): Watch on YouTube


• External link 3: PatrickJMT solving an exercise about Poisson random variables (video): Watch on YouTube


• External link 4: PatrickJMT solving another exercise about Poisson random variables (video): Watch on YouTube





Last updated: April 1, 2020, 4:00pm EDT