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= Geometric( p ) =
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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.
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= Library =
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Distributions
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= See Also =
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* [[Bernoulli]]
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* [[Binomial]]
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* [[HyperGeometric]]

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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

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