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Binomial distributions

Understand the concepts of Bernoulli trials and the concept of a binomial random variable as the number of ‘successes’, 𝑟, in 𝑛 independent Bernoulli trials, with the same probability of success 𝑝 in each trial.

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From Bernoulli trials to binomial

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Run n Bernoulli(p) trials to get one success-count X; Play many times and watch the Binomial(n,p) histogram grow, with optional theory overlay.

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