negativeBinomial

negativeBinomial(mu: number, sigma: number) 🡒 ranvar, pure function

Returns the negative binomial distribution of mean mu and of standard deviation sigma. If the standard deviation is smaller than the square root of the team, then a Poisson distribution of the specified mean is returned instead (hence ignoring the sigma).

table T = with
  [| as Mu, as Sigma |]
  [|  0.5,  2.0 |]
  [|  1.5,  2.0 |]
  [|  5.5,  2.0 |]
  [|  10.0, 2.0 |]

show table "" a1c4 with
  T.Mu
  T.Sigma
  negativeBinomial(T.Mu, T.Sigma)

See also

• The negative binomial distribution.