Re: Site Searching Statistics Questions
Evilhomer: Actually it doesn't. The other calculation used the probability of 2 sites (0.3456) multiplied by the chance that the second site (since the first is already occupied) is the appropriate kind.
The binomial numbers above came right out of Excel's BINOMDIST function. Also, I know they're correct because I've had to use that exact P for Work Measurement several times.
Remember, the number of sites are mutually exclusive. Having 2 sites is not dependent on having 1. Obviously, you can't have 2 without having 1, but in a probabilistic sense, the states are mutually exclusive and independent.
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