When dealing with the number of occurrences of an event over a specified interval of time or space and when the occurrence or nonoccurrence in any interval is independent of the occurrence or nonoccurrence in any other interval, the appropriate probability distribution is a _____.
A) binomial distribution
B) Poisson distribution
C) normal distribution
D) hypergeometric probability distribution

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This scenario describes the characteristics of a Poisson distribution, where the occurrence of events is random and independent of previous occurrences, and the rate of occurrence is constant over the specified interval of time or space.

When Dealing with the Number of Occurrences of an Event