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Post, A. (2004). Poisson distribution. In M. S. Lewis-BeckA. Bryman & T. F. Liao (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of social science research methods (Vol. 3, pp. 829-829). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications Ltd. doi: 10.4135/9781412950589.n720

Post, Alison E. "Poisson Distribution." In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, edited by Michael S. Lewis-BeckAlan Bryman and Tim F. Liao, 829. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004. doi: 10.4135/9781412950589.n720.

Post, A 2004, 'Poisson distribution', in Lewis-Beck, MS, Bryman, A & Liao, TF (eds), The sage encyclopedia of social science research methods, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 829, viewed 10 July 2017, doi: 10.4135/9781412950589.n720.

Post, Alison E. "Poisson Distribution." The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Eds. Michael S. Lewis-BeckAlan Bryman and Tim F. Liao. Vol. 3. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2004. 829. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 10 Jul. 2017.

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  • The Poisson distribution measures the probability that a discrete positive variable takes on a given value for an observation period. For a given period, we observe the sum of “successes” among a possibly infinite number of trials. This sum has no ...

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