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Stat 5101 Lecture Notes - School of Statistics

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216 <strong>Stat</strong> <strong>5101</strong> (Geyer) Course <strong>Notes</strong>The DensityMomentsf(x) =( ) x−1p k (1 − p) x−k , x = k, k +1,....k−1E(X) = k pk(1 − p)var(X)=p 2SpecializationGeo(p) = NegBin(1,p)B.1.7The Negative Binomial Distribution, Type IIThe Abbreviation No abbreviation to avoid confusion with the other typedefined in Section B.1.6.Relation Between the Types If X ∼ NegBin(k, p), then Y = X − k hasthe distribution defined in this section.X is the number <strong>of</strong> trials before the k-th success in an i. i. d. sequence <strong>of</strong>Ber(p) random variables. Y is the number <strong>of</strong> failures before the k-th success.The Sample Space The integers 0, 1, ....The Parameterp such that 0

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