Poisson Distribution

Parameters

- continuous event rate (

)

Domain

(discrete)

Probability Density Function

Cumulative Distribution Function

Worksheet and VBA Functions

The following worksheet and VBA functions are available for this distribution:

Description VBA Functions Worksheet Functions

Distribution Fitting - =DistFit("Poisson";Data)

Probability Density Function PoissonPdf(x,lambda) =PoissonPdf(lambda) =DistPdf("Poisson(lambda)";x)

Cumulative Distribution Function PoissonCdf(x,lambda) =PoissonCdf(lambda) =DistCdf("Poisson(lambda)";x)

Survival Function PoissonSurv(x,lambda) =DistSurv("Poisson(lambda)";x)

Random Numbers PoissonRand(lambda) =PoissonRand(lambda) =DistRand("Poisson(lambda)")

Mode PoissonMode(lambda) =DistMode("Poisson(lambda)")

Mean PoissonMean(lambda) =PoissonMean(lambda) =DistMean("Poisson(lambda)")

Variance PoissonVar(lambda) =PoissonVar(lambda) =DistVar("Poisson(lambda)")

Standard Deviation PoissonStdev(lambda) =PoissonStdev(lambda) =DistStdev("Poisson(lambda)")

Skewness PoissonSkew(lambda) =DistSkew("Poisson(lambda)")

(Excess) Kurtosis PoissonKurt(lambda) =DistKurt("Poisson(lambda)")