Mathematics 9709 · 6 Probability & Statistics 2 (for Paper 6)
6.1 The Poisson distribution
Calculate Poisson probabilities; use Poisson distribution as a model and as an approximation to binomial; approximate Poisson with normal.
- Questions
- 107
- Years
- 2015–2026
- Multiple choice
- 0
- Written answer
- 107
- Average marks
- 7.4
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| 2021 | – | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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| 2019 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 2015 | – | 6 | 6 | 12 |
