Abstract
An algorithm for the mean and variance of the noncentral hypergeometric distribution is presented, based on two equations from Harkness (1965, Annals of Mathematical Statistics 36, 938-945). A FORTRAN subroutine is included in the Appendix.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 889-892 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Biometrics |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1992 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistics and Probability
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Immunology and Microbiology(all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Applied Mathematics