AN ALGORITHM TO GENERATE DISCRETE PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTIONS - BINOMIAL, HYPERGEOMETRIC, NEGATIVE BINOMIAL, INVERSE HYPERGEOMETRIC, AND POISSON

Authors
BERRY KJ MIELKE PW HELMERICKS SG
Citation
Kj. Berry et al., AN ALGORITHM TO GENERATE DISCRETE PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTIONS - BINOMIAL, HYPERGEOMETRIC, NEGATIVE BINOMIAL, INVERSE HYPERGEOMETRIC, AND POISSON, Behavior research methods, instruments, & computers, 26(3), 1994, pp. 366-367
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Behavior research methods, instruments, & computers → ACNP
ISSN journal
07433808
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
366 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0743-3808(1994)26:3<366:AATGDP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A recursion procedure for generating point probability values, cumulat ive probability values, and interval probability values of discrete di stributions is described. Algorithms and associated FORTRAN functions for five representative discrete probability distributions are present ed: binomial, hypergeometric, negative binomial, inverse hypergeometri c, and Poisson. The joint use of recursion and a small arbitrary initi al value ensures computational efficiency.