negative hypergeometric random variable
is a negative hypergeometric random variable with parameters if
,
Parameters:
Syntax:
Notes:
- 1.
represents the number of “special” items (from the special items) present before the th object from a population with items.
- 2.
The expected value
of is noted as
- 3.
The variance
of is noted as
Approximation techniques:
If and then can be approximated as a negative binomial random variable with parameters and .This approximation simplifies the distribution by looking at a system with replacement for large values of and .