Re: which distribution?

Posted by Sinistral on May 15, 2013; 12:04am
URL: http://discussion-forum.276.s1.nabble.com/which-distribution-tp7580361p7580701.html

if X~bin(n,p) then f(x) = nCx * p^x * (1-p)^(n-x) , x=0,1,2,3,4 ...n
                               
so for n=2 and p=0.5; f(x)=2Cx (.5)^n , x=0,1,2

for further details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_distribution