Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of statistical and mathematical tables
- Preface
- PART I BASIC NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES
- PART II BASIC STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
- 8 Probability, statistical distributions and moments
- 9 The normal and related distributions
- 10 The common discrete distributions
- 11 The Pearson system of probability-density functions
- 12 Hypothesis testing
- 13 Point and interval estimation
- 14 Some special statistical techniques
- PART III THE METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES
- Appendix
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
10 - The common discrete distributions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of statistical and mathematical tables
- Preface
- PART I BASIC NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES
- PART II BASIC STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES
- 8 Probability, statistical distributions and moments
- 9 The normal and related distributions
- 10 The common discrete distributions
- 11 The Pearson system of probability-density functions
- 12 Hypothesis testing
- 13 Point and interval estimation
- 14 Some special statistical techniques
- PART III THE METHOD OF LEAST SQUARES
- Appendix
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
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- A Handbook of Numerical and Statistical TechniquesWith Examples Mainly from the Life Sciences, pp. 100 - 121Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1977