1 Question 1:

What are examples of variables that follow a binomial probability distribution? What are examples of variables that follow a Poisson distribution? When might you use a geometric probability?

Questions 2:

Please select a company that is interesting to you, and navigate to its website and to its annual report. Please post a link to a corporation's financial statement disclosures of earnings per share (income statement and footnotes), and comment on the disclosures. Does this firm disclose both basic and diluted earnings per share? If diluted earnings per share are shown, comment on the items causing the dilution. Are there any unusual items shown in the disclosures?

Question 3:

Please list and discuss one item that might cause a company's basic earnings per share to become diluted. Please describe the circumstances under which this item would dilute earnings per share.