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hypergeometric distributions

hypergeometric distributions is the plural of hypergeometric distribution.

Meaning of 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

Questions about hypergeometric distributions

What is hypergeometric distributions the plural of?
Hypergeometric distributions is the plural of hypergeometric distribution.

Words near hypergeometric distributions in the dictionary

  1. hypergenesis
  2. hypergenometric
  3. hypergentrification
  4. hypergeometric
  5. hypergeometric distribution
  6. hypergeometric distributions
  7. hypergeometric function
  8. hypergeometric functions
  9. hypergeometric random variable
  10. hypergeometric random variables
  11. hypergeometric series

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