In terms of the parameters of the probability mass function, what is the formula for the standard deviation of a Poisson distribution?

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In terms of the parameters of the probability mass function, what is the formula for the standard deviation of a Poisson distribution?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-21T11:28:06

f (x ) = $e^{- m}$ $e ^- m$ $m^{x}$ $m ^x$ / x !, x = 0, 1, 2 ... $\infty$ $oo$ is the p.d.f. of Poisson distribution. Its variance is 'm' , the parameter in the p.d.f. and hence S.D = $\sqrt{}$ $sqrt$ m.

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