Mathematics
Bernoulli Trials
Quick fact
The term 'Bernoulli trial' honors Jacob Bernoulli, who studied these binary outcomes in the 17th century. The Bernoulli distribution is the probability distribution of a single Bernoulli trial.
Why this is interesting
We all know a coin flip is either heads or tails. But what if that simple flip could model customer purchases, disease tests, or even success in sports? How can such a basic idea unlock so much?