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A New Binomial Approximation for Use in Sampling from Finite Populations
- Source :
- Journal of the American Statistical Association. 55:718-722
- Publication Year :
- 1960
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 1960.
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Abstract
- A new way of approximating the hypergeometric distribution with a binomial is described which is obtained by equating the mean and variance of the binomial to those of the hypergeometric distribution. The paper gives several examples which show the approximation to be much more accurate than the usual binomial.
- Subjects :
- Statistics and Probability
Discrete mathematics
Mathematics::Commutative Algebra
Binomial approximation
Mathematics::Classical Analysis and ODEs
Negative binomial distribution
Continuity correction
Binomial distribution
Beta-binomial distribution
Applied mathematics
Multinomial distribution
Central binomial coefficient
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Binomial coefficient
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1537274X and 01621459
- Volume :
- 55
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Statistical Association
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8559baaa4a03d0603ae3848c0a81b1a4