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Negative binomial distribution

In probability theory and statistics, the negative binomial distribution, also called a Pascal distribution, is a discrete probability distribution that models the number of failures in a sequence of independent and identically distributed Bernoulli trials before a specified/constant/fixed number of successes r {\displaystyle r} occur. (Sometimes the…

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CDF
k ↦ I p ( r , k + 1 ) , {\displaystyle k\mapsto I_{p}(r,\,k+1),} the regularized incomplete beta function
CF
( p 1 − ( 1 − p ) e i t ) r with t ∈ R {\displaystyle {\biggl (}{\frac {p}{1-(1-p)e^{i\,t}}}{\biggr )}^{\!r}{\text{ with }}t\in \mathbb {R} }
Excess kurtosis
6 r + p 2 ( 1 − p ) r {\displaystyle {\frac {6}{r}}+{\frac {p^{2}}{(1-p)r}}}
Fisher information
r p 2 ( 1 − p ) {\displaystyle {\frac {r}{p^{2}(1-p)}}}
Mean
r ( 1 − p ) p {\displaystyle {\frac {r(1-p)}{p}}}
Method of moments
r = E [ X ] 2 V [ X ] − E [ X ] {\displaystyle r={\frac {E[X]^{2}}{V[X]-E[X]}}} p = E [ X ] V [ X ] {\displaystyle p={\frac {E[X]}{V[X]}}}

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Negative binomial distributionCDFk ↦ I p ( r , k + 1 ) , {\displaystyle k\mapsto I_{p}(r,\,k+1),} the regularized incomplete beta function1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionCF( p 1 − ( 1 − p ) e i t ) r with t ∈ R {\displaystyle {\biggl (}{\frac {p}{1-(1-p)e^{i\,t}}}{\biggr )}^{\!r}{\text{ with }}t\in \mathbb {R} }1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionExcess kurtosis6 r + p 2 ( 1 − p ) r {\displaystyle {\frac {6}{r}}+{\frac {p^{2}}{(1-p)r}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionFisher informationr p 2 ( 1 − p ) {\displaystyle {\frac {r}{p^{2}(1-p)}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionMeanr ( 1 − p ) p {\displaystyle {\frac {r(1-p)}{p}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionMethod of momentsr = E [ X ] 2 V [ X ] − E [ X ] {\displaystyle r={\frac {E[X]^{2}}{V[X]-E[X]}}} p = E [ X ] V [ X ] {\displaystyle p={\frac {E[X]}{V[X]}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionMGF( p 1 − ( 1 − p ) e t ) r for t < − log ⁡ ( 1 − p ) {\displaystyle {\biggl (}{\frac {p}{1-(1-p)e^{t}}}{\biggr )}^{\!r}{\text{ for }}t<-\log(1-p)}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionMode{ ⌊ ( r − 1 ) ( 1 − p ) p ⌋ if r > 1 0 if r ≤ 1 {\displaystyle {\begin{cases}\left\lfloor {\frac {(r-1)(1-p)}{p}}\right\rfloor &{\text{if }}r>1\\0&{\text{if }}r\leq 1\end{cases}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionNotationN B ( r , p ) {\displaystyle \mathrm {NB} (r,\,p)}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionParametersr > 0 — number of successes until the experiment is stopped (integer, but the definition can also be extended to reals) p ∈ [0,1] — success probability in each experiment (real)1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionPGF( p 1 − ( 1 − p ) z ) r for | z | < 1 1 − p {\displaystyle {\biggl (}{\frac {p}{1-(1-p)z}}{\biggr )}^{\!r}{\text{ for }}|z|<{\frac {1}{1-p}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionPMFk ↦ ( k + r − 1 k ) ⋅ ( 1 − p ) k p r , {\displaystyle k\mapsto {k+r-1 \choose k}\cdot (1-p)^{k}p^{r},} involving a binomial coefficient1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionSkewness2 − p ( 1 − p ) r {\displaystyle {\frac {2-p}{\sqrt {(1-p)r}}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionSupportk ∈ { 0, 1, 2, 3, … } — number of failures1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionVariancer ( 1 − p ) p 2 {\displaystyle {\frac {r(1-p)}{p^{2}}}}1.00infobox
Negative binomial distributionis aspecial case of the discrete phase-type distribution.The negative binomial distribution is a special case of discrete compound Poisson distribution.Poisson distributionConsider…0.90text

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