Geometric Mass Function
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A Geometric Mass Function is a Probability Mass Function of that is a Geometric Distribution.
- See: Binomial Trial.
References
2006
- (Dubnicka, 2006f) ⇒ Suzanne R. Dubnicka. (2006). “Special Discrete Distributions - Handout 6." Kansas State University, Introduction to Probability and Statistics I, STAT 510 - Fall 2006.
- TERMINOLOGY : Imagine an experiment where Bernoulli trials are observed. If X denotes the trial on which the first success occurs, then X is said to follow a geometric distribution with parameter p, the probability of success on any one trial, 0 < p < 1. This is sometimes written as X Geo(p). The pmf for X is given by pX(x) =
- (1 − p)x−1p, x = 1, 2, 3, . . .
- 0, otherwise.
- TERMINOLOGY : Imagine an experiment where Bernoulli trials are observed. If X denotes the trial on which the first success occurs, then X is said to follow a geometric distribution with parameter p, the probability of success on any one trial, 0 < p < 1. This is sometimes written as X Geo(p). The pmf for X is given by pX(x) =