Pie Chart of Three Coin Flip Outcomes

About this example

Three fair coin flips have eight equally likely outcomes (2³). Grouping by number of heads gives a binomial distribution: one outcome each for 0 and 3 heads, three outcomes each for 1 and 2 heads.

The data

• 0 heads — 1 of 8 outcomes
• 1 head — 3 of 8 outcomes
• 2 heads — 3 of 8 outcomes
• 3 heads — 1 of 8 outcomes

Source

Binomial probability distribution.

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