Match each count to its distribution

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs

1. Left

   Binomial

   Right

   Successes in a fixed number of trials

2. Left

   Geometric

   Right

   Trials needed until the first success

3. Left

   Hypergeometric

   Right

   Items drawn from the group of interest

4. Left

   Poisson

   Right

   Events in a fixed interval of time or space

5. Left

   Bernoulli trial

   Right

   A single trial with just two outcomes

Instructions

Tap a distribution, then tap the thing its random variable counts.

Explanation