Which of the following distributions is considered the cornerstone distribution of statistical inference?

A) Binomial distribution
B) Normal distribution
C) Poisson distribution
D) Uniform distribution
E) Geometric distribution

Statistical Inference

The process of drawing conclusions about population parameters based on a sample taken from the population.

Binomial Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a value will take one of two independent states under a given number of observations.

Uniform Distribution

A type of probability distribution where all outcomes are equally likely; in a continuous uniform distribution, any value within a specified range is equally likely to occur.