Random Variables
Random Variables
An Introduction to the Negative Binomial Distribution
The negative binomial distribution describes the probability of experiencing a certain amount of failures before experiencing a certain amount of successes in a series of Bernoulli...
Random Variables
An Introduction to the Hypergeometric Distribution
The hypergeometric distribution describes the probability of choosing k objects with a certain feature in n draws without replacement, from a finite population of size N that contains K objects with...
Random Variables
An Introduction to the Geometric Distribution
The geometric distribution describes the probability of experiencing a certain amount of failures before experiencing the first success in a series of Bernoulli trials.
A Bernoulli trial...
Random Variables
An Introduction to the Poisson Distribution
The Poisson distribution is one of the most popular distributions in statistics.
To understand the Poisson distribution, it helps to first understand Poisson experiments.
Poisson Experiments
A...
Random Variables
The Normal Distribution
The normal distribution is the most common probability distribution in statistics.
Normal distributions have the following features:
Bell shape
Symmetrical
Mean and median are equal; both are located at the...
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