Two characteristics,or assumptions,of the Poisson distribution are:
A)The probability of success remains constant from trial to trial,and the random variable of interest is continuous.
B)The event occurring in one interval is independent of the event occurring in any other non-overlapping interval,and the random variable of interest is continuous.
C)The event occurring in one interval is independent of the event occurring in any other non-overlapping interval,and the random variable of interest is discrete.
D)The event occurring in one interval is dependent on the event occurring in any other non-overlapping interval,and the random variable of interest is continuous.

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The characteristics/assumptions of the Poisson distribution are that the event occurring in one interval is independent of the event occurring in any other non-overlapping interval, and the random variable of interest is discrete. The probability of success does not necessarily remain constant from trial to trial, as the Poisson distribution is used to model events with a low probability of occurrence in a given interval.

Two Characteristics,or Assumptions,of the Poisson Distribution Are