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Generalised Geometric Random Variables
Author(s) -
Kinney John J.,
Kepner James L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1995.tb00705.x
Subject(s) - bernoulli trial , random variable , statistics , mathematics , bernoulli's principle , mathematical statistics , variable (mathematics) , computer science , mathematical analysis , engineering , aerospace engineering
Summary Properties of the random variable representing the number of identical and independent Bernoulli trials necessary to obtain K consecutive successes are investigated. The results are interesting to students in a first course in probability or mathematical statistics.