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binomial distribution

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binomial distribution [bī′nō·mē·əl ‚dis·trə′byü·shən]
(statistics)
The distribution of a binomial random variable; the distribution (n,p) is given byP(B=r) = (nr)prqn-r,p + q= 1. Also known as Bernoulli distribution.


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A lattice model assumes the price of stock underlying an option follows a binomial distribution, a type of probability distribution in which the underlying event has only one of two possible outcomes.
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