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Wolfgang

statistical distribution functions

In close analogy to the functions N_Dist (,)... for calculating the one-sided probability for a standard normal distribution I'd like to suggest test routines

B_Test () for binomial distributions and P_Test () for Poisson distributions.

 

Background: In many experiments, signals are not measured as a continuous curernt/voltage but are counted as individual events (photons, particles...) For 'rare' events the corresponding distribution function is binomial (few repetitions/sweeps) or Poisson (many repetitions).

 

In such cases using a Gaussian distribution is not always justified.

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JonathanN
NI Employee (retired)
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Jonathan N.
National Instruments