Concept information
Preferred term
geometric distribution
Definition
- A geometric distribution is used to model the number of failures (n − 1) of a binomial distribution before the first success (r). It is a special case of the NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION, or PASCAL DISTRIBUTION, when r = 1. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods; Geometric Distribution]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/geometric_distribution
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