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III.—On the Moments and Regression Equations of the Fourfold Negative and Fourfold Negative Factorial Binomial Distributions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2012

A. J. B. Wiid
A. J. B. Wiid
Affiliation:
National Physical Laboratory, South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa
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Synopsis

The bivariate distribution corresponding to the univariate negative binomial, and the corresponding distribution when sampling is without replacement, are investigated. Formulas are derived for the factorial moment generating functions and for the regression equations, which are linear.

Type
Research Article
Information
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , 1958 , pp. 29 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1958

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