The binomial distribution is an important discrete distribution. It gives the probability of the number of "successes," in a sequence of n independent binary trials. This applet allows users to drag ...

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The negative binomial distribution contains a parameter k, called the negative binomial dispersion parameter. This is not the same as the generalized linear model dispersion , but it is an additional ...