Negative Binomial Distribution

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Probability Distribution
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Pascal Distribution
Polya Distribution
gptkbp:application gptkb:insurance
Ecology
Epidemiology
Modeling overdispersed count data
gptkbp:category Discrete Distribution
gptkbp:compatibleWith Continuous Distribution
gptkbp:cumulativeDistributionFunction Regularized incomplete beta function
gptkbp:describes Number of failures before a specified number of successes
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:John_Arbuthnot
1710
gptkbp:generalizes Geometric Distribution
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase Pascal Distribution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Negative Binomial Distribution
gptkbp:meaning r(1-p)/p
gptkbp:mode floor((r-1)(1-p)/p)
gptkbp:parameter p (probability of success)
r (number of successes)
gptkbp:PMF P(X = k) = C(k+r-1, k) * (1-p)^k * p^r
gptkbp:relatedTo Poisson Distribution
Binomial Distribution
gptkbp:supports k = 0, 1, 2, ...
gptkbp:usedIn Statistics
Probability Theory
gptkbp:variant r(1-p)/p^2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ehrenberg's_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7