A Natural Example of a Weighted Binomial Distribution

Authors
Rao, Radhakrishna C.
Citation
C. Rao, Radhakrishna, A Natural Example of a Weighted Binomial Distribution, American statistician , 31(1), 1977, pp. 24-26
Journal title
American statistician → ACNP
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1977
Pages
24 - 26
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
I shall describe a practical classroom exercise in applied statistics, which has an impressive effect on the students who are beginning to learn statistics.This is based on a remarkable paper by Fisher (1934) on methods of ascertainment.