Pascal distribution

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:negative_binomial_distribution
gptkbp:application modeling count data
overdispersed Poisson data
gptkbp:describes number of Bernoulli trials needed to achieve a fixed number of successes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pascal distribution
gptkbp:meaning r(1-p)/p
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Blaise_Pascal
gptkbp:parameter number of successes (r)
probability of success (p)
gptkbp:PMF P(X=k) = C(k-1, r-1) * p^r * (1-p)^{k-r} for k = r, r+1, ...
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:geometric_distribution
gptkb:binomial_distribution
gptkbp:supports non-negative integers greater than or equal to r
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:probability_theory
statistics
gptkbp:variant r(1-p)/p^2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:negative_binomial_distribution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7