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Hypergeometric distribution

In probability theory and statistics, the hypergeometric distribution is a discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k {\displaystyle k} successes (random draws for which the object drawn has a specified feature) in n {\displaystyle n} draws, without replacement, from a finite population of size N {\displaystyle N} that contains…

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CDF
1 − ( n k + 1 ) ( N − n K − k − 1 ) ( N K ) 3 F 2 [ 1 , k + 1 − K , k + 1 − n k + 2 , N + k + 2 − K − n ; 1 ] , {\displaystyle 1-{{{n \choose {k+1}}{{N-n} \choose {K-k-1}}} \ove…
CF
( N − K n ) 2 F 1 ( − n , − K ; N − K − n + 1 ; e i t ) ( N n ) {\displaystyle {\frac {{\binom {N-K}{n}}\,_{2}F_{1}(-n,-K\,;\,N-K-n+1\,;\,e^{it})}{\binom {N}{n}}}}
Excess kurtosis
1 n K ( N − K ) ( N − n ) ( N − 2 ) ( N − 3 ) ⋅ {\displaystyle \left.{\frac {1}{nK(N-K)(N-n)(N-2)(N-3)}}\cdot \right.} [ ( N − 1 ) N 2 ( N ( N + 1 ) − 6 K ( N − K ) − 6 n ( N −…
Mean
n K N {\displaystyle n{K \over N}}
Median
⌊ n K N ⌋ {\displaystyle \left\lfloor n{K \over N}\right\rfloor } or ⌈ n K N ⌉ {\displaystyle \left\lceil n{K \over N}\right\rceil }
MGF
( N − K n ) 2 F 1 ( − n , − K ; N − K − n + 1 ; e t ) ( N n ) {\displaystyle {\frac {{\binom {N-K}{n}}\,_{2}F_{1}(-n,-K\,;\,N-K-n+1\,;\,e^{t})}{\binom {N}{n}}}}

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Hypergeometric distribution

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Hypergeometric distribution

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related to Application to Keno · 10
Hypergeometric distribution → American Bingo, For, Generally, In Keno, Keno, Payouts, Prior, Some, The, Then
related to Working example · 10
Hypergeometric distribution → Define, For, Indeed, Let, Now, Standing, The, Think, This, What
related to External links · 8
Hypergeometric distribution → Binomial Approximation, Chris Boucher, Eric, Hypergeometric Random Variable, MathWorld, The Hypergeometric Distribution, Weisstein, Wolfram Demonstrations Project
related to Hypergeometric test · 4
Hypergeometric distribution → Fisher's, In, Reciprocally, The
related to Multivariate hypergeometric distribution · 4
Hypergeometric distribution → If, Ki, The, This
related to Order of draws · 3
Hypergeometric distribution → As, The, This
related to Probability mass function · 3
Hypergeometric distribution → Employed/Unemployed, Pass/Fail, The
see also · 2
Hypergeometric distribution → Generalized, Noncentral
CDF · 1
Hypergeometric distribution → 1 − ( n k + 1 ) ( N − n K − k − 1 ) ( N K ) 3 F 2 [ 1 , k + 1 − K , k + 1 − n k + 2 , N + k + 2 − K − n ; 1 ] , {\displaystyle 1-{{{n \choose {k+1}}{{N-n} \choose {K-k-1}}} \ove…
CF · 1
Hypergeometric distribution → ( N − K n ) 2 F 1 ( − n , − K ; N − K − n + 1 ; e i t ) ( N n ) {\displaystyle {\frac {{\binom {N-K}{n}}\,_{2}F_{1}(-n,-K\,;\,N-K-n+1\,;\,e^{it})}{\binom {N}{n}}}}

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Hypergeometric distributionCDF1 − ( n k + 1 ) ( N − n K − k − 1 ) ( N K ) 3 F 2 [ 1 , k + 1 − K , k + 1 − n k + 2 , N + k + 2 − K − n ; 1 ] , {\displaystyle 1-{{{n \choose {k+1}}{{N-n} \choose {K-k-1}}} \ove…1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionCF( N − K n ) 2 F 1 ( − n , − K ; N − K − n + 1 ; e i t ) ( N n ) {\displaystyle {\frac {{\binom {N-K}{n}}\,_{2}F_{1}(-n,-K\,;\,N-K-n+1\,;\,e^{it})}{\binom {N}{n}}}}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionExcess kurtosis1 n K ( N − K ) ( N − n ) ( N − 2 ) ( N − 3 ) ⋅ {\displaystyle \left.{\frac {1}{nK(N-K)(N-n)(N-2)(N-3)}}\cdot \right.} [ ( N − 1 ) N 2 ( N ( N + 1 ) − 6 K ( N − K ) − 6 n ( N −…1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionMeann K N {\displaystyle n{K \over N}}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionMedian⌊ n K N ⌋ {\displaystyle \left\lfloor n{K \over N}\right\rfloor } or ⌈ n K N ⌉ {\displaystyle \left\lceil n{K \over N}\right\rceil }1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionMGF( N − K n ) 2 F 1 ( − n , − K ; N − K − n + 1 ; e t ) ( N n ) {\displaystyle {\frac {{\binom {N-K}{n}}\,_{2}F_{1}(-n,-K\,;\,N-K-n+1\,;\,e^{t})}{\binom {N}{n}}}}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionMode⌈ ( n + 1 ) ( K + 1 ) N + 2 ⌉ − 1 , ⌊ ( n + 1 ) ( K + 1 ) N + 2 ⌋ {\displaystyle \left\lceil {\frac {(n+1)(K+1)}{N+2}}\right\rceil -1,\left\lfloor {\frac {(n+1)(K+1)}{N+2}}\righ…1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionNotationH y p e r g e o m e t r i c ( N , K , n ) {\displaystyle \mathrm {Hypergeometric} (N,K,n)}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionParametersN ∈ { 0 , 1 , 2 , … } K ∈ { 0 , 1 , 2 , … , N } n ∈ { 0 , 1 , 2 , … , N } {\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}N&\in \left\{0,1,2,\dots \right\}\\K&\in \left\{0,1,2,\dots ,N\right\}\\…1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionPMF( K k ) ( N − K n − k ) ( N n ) {\displaystyle {\frac {{\binom {K}{k}}{\binom {N-K}{n-k}}}{\binom {N}{n}}}}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionSkewness( N − 2 K ) ( N − 1 ) 1 2 ( N − 2 n ) [ n K ( N − K ) ( N − n ) ] 1 2 ( N − 2 ) {\displaystyle {\frac {(N-2K)(N-1)^{\frac {1}{2}}(N-2n)}{[nK(N-K)(N-n)]^{\frac {1}{2}}(N-2)}}}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionSupportk ∈ { max ( 0 , n + K − N ) , … , min ( n , K ) } {\displaystyle \scriptstyle {k\,\in \,\{\max {(0,\,n+K-N)},\,\dots ,\,\min {(n,\,K)}\}}\,}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionVariancen K N N − K N N − n N − 1 {\displaystyle n{K \over N}{N-K \over N}{N-n \over N-1}}1.00infobox
Hypergeometric distributionis adiscrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k0.90text

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