Binomial distribution

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Probability distribution
gptkbp:application Genetics
Quality control
Reliability engineering
Survey sampling
gptkbp:assumes Constant probability of success per trial
Fixed number of trials
Independent trials
gptkbp:category gptkb:Discrete_distribution
gptkbp:cumulativeDistributionFunction Sum_{i=0}^k C(n, i) p^i (1-p)^{n-i}
gptkbp:describedYear 1713
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Ars_Conjectandi
gptkb:Jacob_Bernoulli
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase Bernoulli distribution (when n=1)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Binomial distribution
gptkbp:kurtosis (1-6p(1-p))/(np(1-p))
gptkbp:limitation Poisson distribution (as n→∞, p→0, np=λ)
Normal distribution (as n→∞, by Central Limit Theorem)
gptkbp:meaning np
gptkbp:mode floor((n+1)p)
gptkbp:parameter n (number of trials)
p (probability of success)
gptkbp:pmf P(X = k) = C(n, k) p^k (1-p)^{n-k}
gptkbp:randomVariable Number of successes in n independent Bernoulli trials
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Multinomial_distribution
gptkb:Hypergeometric_distribution
gptkb:Negative_binomial_distribution
gptkbp:skewness (1-2p)/sqrt(np(1-p))
gptkbp:supports k = 0, 1, ..., n
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Probability_theory
Statistics
gptkbp:variant np(1-p)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Beta_distribution
gptkb:Exponential_family
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6