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  1. #1 Poisson distribution 
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    is poisson distribution used in biology to find the probability of a number of events occurring in a fixed period of time ?????

    help please, i cant decide whether or not to try and apply it. thank you


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    It could be, depending on the science of the underlying process. Poisson distribution is used when the event occurences are independent of each other.


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