Discrete Distributions

Name

Density

Geometric

f ( x ) = 1

Uniform

f ( x) =

x = 1,2, 3,...
0 < <1

x = 0,1, 2,...,

Bernoulli

f ( x ) = 1

x = 0,1
0 < <1

Hypergeometric

f ( x) =

max 0, n ( ) ( , )

Negative
Binomial

1
f ( x) =

1

x = , + 1, + 2,...
0 < <1

Poisson Approx.
to the Binomial

( )
f ( x) =
!

x = 0,1, 2,...
> 0 =

1
p

q
p2

i =1

good if n 20 .05
100 10

q +

np

npq

pq

( pe )

(1 )
k ( et 1)

r
N

2
i

txi

( q + )

2
x
i =1
=1

f ( x ) = ( )

f ( x) =

pet
1

i =1

Binomial

Poisson

Var ( X )

0 < <1

E(X)

x = 1 , 2 , 3 ,...,

Mx ( t )

r N

N 1

r
p

r (1 )
2