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Negative Binomial Distribution

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-018371

A discrete statistical distribution whose variable has two possible values, "success" and "failure," and which describes the number of trials necessary to reach a predefined number of "successful" trials. The negative binomial distribution assumes that the trials are independent and that the probability of success does not vary from trial to trial.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-018371
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018371",
  "term": "Negative Binomial Distribution",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A discrete statistical distribution whose variable has two possible values, \"success\" and \"failure,\" and which describes the number of trials necessary to reach a predefined number of \"successful\" trials. The negative binomial distribution assumes that the trials are independent and that the probability of success does not vary from trial to trial.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/negative-binomial-distribution/"
}

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