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negative binomial distribution

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negative binomial distribution [¦neg·əd·iv bī¦nō·mē·əl ‚di·strə′byü·shən]
(statistics)
The distribution of a negative binomial random variable. Also known as Pascal distribution.


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Because the data were overdispersed, the zero-truncated negative binomial distribution fit the data better than the zero-truncated Poisson distribution based on the likelihood-ratio test.
The counts of captured birds with no ticks or [greater than or equal to] 1 subadult tick followed a negative binomial distribution and are shown in Figure 2.
1)], and in the casual contact ring this number follows a a negative binomial distribution with mean [[mu].
 
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