negative binomial distribution

noun

A discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of independent and identically distributed Bernoulli trials before a specified (non-random) number of failures (denoted r) occurs.

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nounnegative binomial distribution (plural negative binomial distributions)

plural negative binomial distributions

  1. mathematicsA discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of independent and identically distributed Bernoulli trials before a specified (non-random) number of failures (denoted r) occurs.
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