Unit 5 deals with two types of discrete random variables, the
Binomial and the Poisson, and two types of continuous random
variables, the Uniform and the Exponential. Depending on the
context, these types of random variables may serve as theoretical
models of the uncertainty associated with the outcome of a
measurement.
Give an example, USING YOUR OWN WORDS (NOT TEXT COPIED FROM
THE INTERNET), of how either the Poisson or the Exponential
distribution could be used to model something in...