Poisson distribution (rv)

Posted by drfg2008 on Nov 21, 2011; 10:55am
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Poisson-distribution-rv-tp5010174.html

A question to the Poisson distribution: I would like to generate a poisson distributed random variable with SPSS (1). I know that the distribution is a Poisson distribution with the arithmetic mean of 5.294693 and the median of 5. What do I have to give SPSS as "mean": the median or the arithmetic mean. Or neither. In other words, what is the estimated location parameter in a Poisson distribution.

Thanks


(1)
COMPUTE rv_poisson=RV.POISSON(xyz).
EXECUTE.