hypergeometric random variable

A random variable whose probability distribution is a hypergeometric distribution.

Noun

  1. A random variable whose probability distribution is a hypergeometric distribution.
    • Computer generation of classical hypergeometric random variables has been discussed in detail by Kachitvichyanukul and Schmeiser (1985). - 1992, Norman Lloyd Johnson, Samuel Kotz, Adrienne W. Kemp, Univariate Discrete...
    • Chapter 6 introduces testing of hypotheses immediately after the study of binomial and hypergeometric random variables. - 2005, Martin Buntinas, Gerald Marlowe Funk, Statistics for the Sciences, page xv:
    • If #92;textstyleX is a hypergeometric random variable, then the variance is #92;textstyleVar(X)#61;#92;left(#92;frac#123;M#125;#123;N#125;#92;right)n#92;left(1-#92;frac#123;M#125;#123;N#125;#92;right)#92;left(1-#92;frac#...

Forms

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