Suppose that X has the binomial distribution with parameters n and p, and that Y has the

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Suppose that X has the binomial distribution with parameters n and p, and that Y has the negative binomial distribution with parameters r and p, where r is a positive integer. Show that Pr(X < r) = Pr(Y > n − r) by showing that both the left side and the right side of this equation can be regarded as the probability of the same event in a sequence of Bernoulli trials with probability p of success.
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Probability And Statistics

ISBN: 9780321500465

4th Edition

Authors: Morris H. DeGroot, Mark J. Schervish

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