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Fitting a Negative Binomial Distribution to Coarsely Grouped Data by Maximum Likelihood
Author(s) -
O'Carroll F. M.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985365
Subject(s) - negative binomial distribution , statistics , mathematics , maximum likelihood , negative multinomial distribution , binomial distribution , distribution (mathematics) , beta binomial distribution , poisson distribution , mathematical analysis
In this article a computer programme used for fitting a negative binomial distribution to a set of grouped frequencies is described. With slight modification this programme can be used to fit any two‐parameter distribution to grouped data by maximum likelihood.