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    This document provides an overview of several discrete probability distributions including: 1. The geometric distribution which models the number of Bernoulli trials needed until the first success with probability p of success on each trial. 2. The binomial distribution which models the number of successes in n independent Bernoulli trials each with probability p of success. 3. The Poisson distribution which models the number of occurrences in a fixed time interval or space if these occurrences are independent and have a known average rate λ. It can also approximate the binomial distribution if certain conditions are met. 4. Brief definitions and key properties are also provided for the uniform, hypergeometric, negative binomial, and Bernoulli distributions.

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    This document provides an overview of several discrete probability distributions including: 1. The geometric distribution which models the number of Bernoulli trials needed until the first success with probability p of success on each trial. 2. The binomial distribution which models the number of successes in n independent Bernoulli trials each with probability p of success. 3. The Poisson distribution which models the number of occurrences in a fixed time interval or space if these occurrences are independent and have a known average rate λ. It can also approximate the binomial distribution if certain conditions are met. 4. Brief definitions and key properties are also provided for the uniform, hypergeometric, negative binomial, and Bernoulli distributions.

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    This document provides an overview of several discrete probability distributions including: 1. The geometric distribution which models the number of Bernoulli trials needed until the first success with probability p of success on each trial. 2. The binomial distribution which models the number of successes in n independent Bernoulli trials each with probability p of success. 3. The Poisson distribution which models the number of occurrences in a fixed time interval or space if these occurrences are independent and have a known average rate λ. It can also approximate the binomial distribution if certain conditions are met. 4. Brief definitions and key properties are also provided for the uniform, hypergeometric, negative binomial, and Bernoulli distributions.

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    This document provides an overview of several discrete probability distributions including: 1. The geometric distribution which models the number of Bernoulli trials needed until the first success with probability p of success on each trial. 2. The binomial distribution which models the number of successes in n independent Bernoulli trials each with probability p of success. 3. The Poisson distribution which models the number of occurrences in a fixed time interval or space if these occurrences are independent and have a known average rate λ. It can also approximate the binomial distribution if certain conditions are met. 4. Brief definitions and key properties are also provided for the uniform, hypergeometric, negative binomial, and Bernoulli distributions.

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    Discrete Distributions

    Name Density Domain E X ( ) Var X ( ) M


    x
    t ( )
    Geometric
    f x ( ) q
    x1
    p
    x 1, 2, 3,...
    0 < p <1
    1
    p
    q
    p
    2
    pe
    t
    1 qe
    t
    Uniform
    f x ( )
    1
    n

    x x
    1
    , x
    2
    , x
    3
    ,..., x
    n
    n
    +
    x
    i
    i 1
    n

    n
    x
    i
    2
    i 1
    n

    n

    x
    i
    2
    i 1
    n

    _
    ,

    2
    e
    tx
    i
    i 1
    n

    n
    Binomial
    f x ( )
    n
    x

    _
    ,

    p
    x
    q ( )
    nx

    x 0,1, 2,..., n
    0 < p <1 n
    +
    np npq
    q + pe
    t
    ( )
    n
    Bernoulli
    f x ( ) p
    x
    q
    1x
    x 0,1
    0 < p <1
    p pq q + pe
    t
    Hypergeome
    tric
    f x ( )
    r
    x

    _
    ,

    N r
    n x

    _
    ,

    N
    n

    _
    ,

    max 0, n N r ( )

    1
    ]
    x min n, r ( ) n
    r
    N
    n
    r
    N
    N r
    N

    _
    ,

    N n
    N 1

    _
    ,

    Negative
    Binomial
    f x ( )
    x 1
    r 1

    _
    ,

    q
    xr
    p
    r
    x r, r +1, r + 2,...
    0 < p <1
    r
    p
    r 1 p ( )
    p
    2
    pe
    t
    ( )
    r
    1 qe
    t
    ( )
    r
    Poisson f x ( )
    e
    k
    k
    x
    x!
    x 0,1, 2,...
    k > 0 k s
    k k
    e
    k e
    t
    1
    ( )
    Poisson
    Approx. to
    the Binomial
    f x ( )
    e
    np
    np ( )
    x
    x!
    good if n 20 and p .05
    very good if n 100 and np 10

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