Here’s an example where the Poisson distribution was used in a maternity hospital to work out how many births would be expected during the night. The hospita
Here’s an example where the Poisson distribution was used in a maternity hospital to work out how many births would be expected during the night. The hospital had 3000 deliveries each year, so if these happened randomly around the clock 1000 deliveries would be expected between the hours of midnight and 8.00 a.m. This […]