Binomial Definition and 668 Threads

In probability theory and statistics, the binomial distribution with parameters n and p is the discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of n independent experiments, each asking a yes–no question, and each with its own Boolean-valued outcome: success (with probability p) or failure (with probability q = 1 − p). A single success/failure experiment is also called a Bernoulli trial or Bernoulli experiment, and a sequence of outcomes is called a Bernoulli process; for a single trial, i.e., n = 1, the binomial distribution is a Bernoulli distribution. The binomial distribution is the basis for the popular binomial test of statistical significance.
The binomial distribution is frequently used to model the number of successes in a sample of size n drawn with replacement from a population of size N. If the sampling is carried out without replacement, the draws are not independent and so the resulting distribution is a hypergeometric distribution, not a binomial one. However, for N much larger than n, the binomial distribution remains a good approximation, and is widely used.

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  1. D

    Probability Problem (maybe on Negative Binomial Distribution)

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  2. Mogarrr

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  3. Mogarrr

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  4. Greg Bernhardt

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  5. A

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  6. anemone

    MHB Optimizing Binomial Coefficients for Maximum Value

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  7. A

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  8. E

    Self review: Statistics - Binomial Distribution

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  9. A

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  10. J

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  11. K

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  12. DreamWeaver

    MHB Finite Binomial Sum: Proving 1 + 1/2 + 1/3 + ... + 1/n

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  13. A

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  14. 22990atinesh

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  15. Saitama

    MHB Evaluating a sum involving binomial coefficients

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  16. MarkFL

    MHB Legend Of ~Incredim's question at Yahoo Answers regarding binomial probability

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  17. T

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  18. S

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  19. S

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  20. E

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  21. anemone

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  22. D

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  23. A

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  24. MarkFL

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  25. U

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  26. A

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  27. B

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  28. MarkFL

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  29. P

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  30. P

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  31. T

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  32. P

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  33. C

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  34. pellman

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  35. DocZaius

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  36. S

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  37. P

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  38. D

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  40. srfriggen

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  41. G

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  42. I

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  43. S

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  44. J

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  45. G

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  46. Saitama

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  47. MarkFL

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  48. N

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  49. anemone

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  50. R

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