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The Poisson Distribution
The workbook contains a number of simulations designed to aid students understanding of the Poisson distribution.
[b]Queuing simulation:[/b] is designed to introduce the Poisson distribution through a realistic application, that of simulating a supermarket checkout queue. Students choose the number of people joining the queue per minute and the number of people leaving the queue per minute. The simulation shows the mean queue length, the maximum queue length, and the number of arrivals per minute. Work card 4.1 leads students through the activity.
[b]Poisson distribution:[/b] enables students to investigate the Poisson distribution using different values of the mean rate λ. Work card 4.2 leads students through the activity and sets further challenges.
[b]Poisson distributions:[/b] enables students to compare graphically up to three Poisson distributions with different values of λ. Work card 4.3 leads students through the activity.
[b]Comparing distributions:[/b] enables students to compare Binomial and Poisson distributions. Work card 4.4 leads students through the activity.
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