Difference between revisions of "Geometric distribution"
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| − | + | The geometric distribution describes the number of independent [[Bernoulli]] trials until the first successful outcome occurs -- for example, the number of coin tosses until the first heads. The parameter «p» is the probability of success on any given trial. | |
| − | The geometric distribution describes the number of independent [[Bernoulli]] trials until the first successful outcome occurs -- for example, the number of coin tosses until the first heads. The parameter | ||
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| + | == Library == | ||
Distributions | Distributions | ||
= See Also = | = See Also = | ||
| − | + | * [[Prob_Geometric]] | |
| − | * [[Prob_Geometric]] | + | * [[CumGeometric]] |
| + | * [[CumGeometricInv]] | ||
| + | * [[Distribution Densities Library]] -- the analytic distribution functions | ||
* [[Bernoulli]] | * [[Bernoulli]] | ||
* [[Binomial]] | * [[Binomial]] | ||
* [[HyperGeometric]] | * [[HyperGeometric]] | ||
Revision as of 00:22, 16 January 2016
Geometric(p)
The geometric distribution describes the number of independent Bernoulli trials until the first successful outcome occurs -- for example, the number of coin tosses until the first heads. The parameter «p» is the probability of success on any given trial.
Library
Distributions
See Also
- Prob_Geometric
- CumGeometric
- CumGeometricInv
- Distribution Densities Library -- the analytic distribution functions
- Bernoulli
- Binomial
- HyperGeometric
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