Journal Article10.2307/2987659
The negative binomial distribution
G. J. S. Ross,D. A. Preece +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a biological context for the negative binomial distribu- tion, and some of the many equivalent mathematical notations that have been used for the positive binomial probabilities are discussed.
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Abstract: This note sketches a biological context for the negative binomial distribu- tion, gives some of the many equivalent mathematical notations that have been used for the negative binomial probabilities, and discusses the use of the computer program MLP (the Maximum Likelihood Program) for fitting negative binomial distributions to data.
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