BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binomial distribution mean? 

• BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION (noun)
  The noun BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION has 1 sense:

1. a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success

  Familiarity information: BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Bernoulli distribution; binomial distribution

Hypernyms ("binomial distribution" is a kind of...):

distribution; statistical distribution ((statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence)

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)

 Context examples 

The negative binomial distribution assumes that the trials are independent and that the probability of success does not vary from trial to trial.

(Negative Binomial Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

A discreet probability distribution, which is a generalization of the binomial distribution.

(Multinomial Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

Binomial distributions show the likelihood of the number of successful trials versus the total number of trials.

(Binomial Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)