POISSON Function

Returns the probability from a Poisson distribution.

Category: Probability
See: CDF Function, PDF Function

Syntax

POISSON(m,n)

Required Arguments

m

is a numeric mean parameter.

Range m ≥ 0

n

is an integer random variable.

Range n ≥ 0

Details

The POISSON function returns the probability that an observation from a Poisson distribution, with mean m, is less than or equal to n. To compute the probability that an observation is equal to a given value, n, compute the difference of two probabilities from the Poisson distribution for n and n−1.

Example

The following SAS statement produces this result.
SAS Statement
Result
x=poisson(1,2);
0.9196986029