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Binomial Distribution

Fit, evaluate, and generate random samples from binomial distribution

Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox™ offers several ways to work with the binomial distribution.

  • Create a probability distribution objectBinomialDistributionby fitting a probability distribution to sample data or by specifying parameter values. Then, use object functions to evaluate the distribution, generate random numbers, and so on.

  • Work with the binomial distribution interactively by using theDistribution Fitterapp. You can export an object from the app and use the object functions.

  • Use distribution-specific functions with specified distribution parameters. The distribution-specific functions can accept parameters of multiple binomial distributions.

  • 使用通用分配功能ons (cdf,icdf,pdf,random) with a specified distribution name ('Binomial') and parameters.

To learn about the binomial distribution, seeBinomial Distribution.

Objects

BinomialDistribution Binomial probability distribution object

Apps

Distribution Fitter Fit probability distributions to data

Functions

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CreateBinomialDistributionObject

makedist Create probability distribution object
fitdist Fit probability distribution object to data

Work withBinomialDistributionObject

cdf Cumulative distribution function
icdf Inverse cumulative distribution function
iqr Interquartile range
mean Mean of probability distribution
median Median of probability distribution
negloglik Negative loglikelihood of probability distribution
paramci Confidence intervals for probability distribution parameters
pdf Probability density function
proflik Profile likelihood function for probability distribution
random Random numbers
std Standard deviation of probability distribution
truncate Truncate probability distribution object
var Variance of probability distribution
binocdf Binomial cumulative distribution function
binopdf Binomial probability density function
binoinv Binomial inverse cumulative distribution function
binostat Binomial mean and variance
binofit Binomial parameter estimates
binornd Random numbers from binomial distribution
mle Maximum likelihood estimates
distributionFitter Open Distribution Fitter app
Probability Distribution Function Interactive density and distribution plots
qqplot Quantile-quantile plot
randtool Interactive random number generation

Topics

Bernoulli Distribution

The Bernoulli distribution is a discrete probability distribution with only two possible values for the random variable.

Binomial Distribution

The binomial distribution models the total number of successes in repeated trials from an infinite population under certain conditions.