num_trials
A negative binomial distribution parameter
Specification
Alias: None
Arguments: INTEGERLIST
Description
The negative binomial distribution is typically used to predict the number of failures observed when repeating a test until a total of n
successes have occurred, where each test has a probability p
of success.
The density function for the negative binomial distribution is given by:
where
is the probability of success per trial is the number of successful trials is the number of failures