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 lf the mean is $\lambda$ and the variance is $\sigma^{2}$ in a Poisson distribution, then

  1. $\displaystyle \lambda=\frac{1}{2}\sigma^{2}$
  2. $\displaystyle \sigma^{2}=\frac{1}{2}\lambda$
  3. $\lambda=\sigma^{2}$
  4. $\sigma^{2}=\lambda^{2}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

For a Poisson distribution, mean and variance are equal .
i.e.$\lambda = \sigma^2$

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If ${\overline{x}}$ and $\sigma^{2}$ are mean and variance of poisson distribution, then

  1. $\overline{x}>\sigma^{2}$
  2. $\overline{x}<\sigma^{2}$
  3. $\overline{x}=\sigma^{2}$
  4. $\overline{x}+\sigma^{2}=1$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

For a Poisson distribution, mean ($\mu$) and variance ($\sigma^2$ )are equal .
i.e.$\mu = \sigma^2$

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The S.D. of poisson distribuition whose mean is $\lambda $ is

  1. $\lambda$
  2. $\sqrt{\lambda}$
  3. $\lambda^{2}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{\lambda}}$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Mean = $ \lambda$
In Poisson distribution, the expected value of a Poisson-distributed random variable is equal to that is mean and is equal to its variance. 
Variance =  $ \lambda$
S.D = $ \sqrt {variance} =\sqrt { \lambda  } $

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If X is a poisson variable with parameter 0.09,then its S.D. is

  1. 0.009

  2. 0.3

  3. 0.03

  4. 0.09

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

X is a Poisson variable with parameter 0.09.
In Poisson distribution,  
Poisson variable(X) is equal to  expected value of X and also to its variance. 
 S.D =  
$\sqrt {variance}  =  \sqrt { X } =\sqrt { 0.09 } =0.3$