hypergeometric distribution

Noun

hypergeometric distribution (plural hypergeometric distributions)

1. A discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k "successes" in a sequence of n draws without replacement from a finite population.
   • The hypergeometric distribution differs from the binomial distribution in that the random sample of n items is selected from a finite population of N items. With the hypergeometric distribution, there is no replacement. If N is large in respect to n (N>10n), the binomial distribution is a good...2002, Bryan Dodson, Dennis Nolan, Reliability Engineering Handbook, QA Publishing, page 57
   • Sampling without replacement from a large population is considered, and convergence of the emerging hypergeometric distributions to the binomial one is formally proved.2013, Alexandr A. Borovkov, unspecified translator, Probability Theory, [2009, Alexandr A. Borovkov, Teoriya Veroyatnostei, Knizhnyi dom Librokom, 5th Edition], Springer, page 1