statistics you can probably trust

In a previous post, I described how a moment-generating function does what its name says it does. Still, though, it’s… Read more

The Poisson distribution can be derived from the binomial distribution by doing two steps: substitute \( \frac{\mu}{n} \) for p… Read more

I was reading one of my favorite statistics books, Principles of Statistics, and came across a fun problem I decided… Read more

Say you have a fair die. (Most of them are these days.) You roll it once and observe a 3…. Read more

The moment-generating function (or mgf) is probably better understood if you simply focus on its name rather than its formula…. Read more