Linear Digressions
Better know a distribution: the Poisson distribution
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:31:51
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Synopsis
This is a re-release of an episode that originally ran on October 21, 2018. The Poisson distribution is a probability distribution function used to for events that happen in time or space. It’s super handy because it’s pretty simple to use and is applicable for tons of things—there are a lot of interesting processes that boil down to “events that happen in time or space.” This episode is a quick introduction to the distribution, and then a focus on two of our favorite everyday applications: using the Poisson distribution to identify supernovas and study army deaths from horse kicks.