Bernoulli distribution

Ber·noul·li dis·tri·bu·tion

(bĕr-nū'lē),
the probability distribution associated with two mutually exclusive and exhaustive outcomes, for example, death or survival.
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Ber·noul·li dis·tri·bu·tion

(ber-nū'lē dis'tri-byū'shŭn)
Probability distribution that describes likelihood of various combinations of two alternate outcomes in a series of independent trials.
Synonym(s): binomial distribution.
[Jakob Bernoulli, 1654-1705, Swiss mathematician]
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