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hypergeometric distribution

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k "successes" in a sequence of n draws without replacement from a finite population.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, probability-theory, sciences, statistics

Examples

  • 2013, Alexandr A. Borovkov, unspecified translator, Probability Theory, [2009, Alexandr A. Borovkov, Teoriya Veroyatnostei, Knizhnyi dom Librokom, 5th Edition], Springer, page 1, Sampling without replacement from a large population is considered, and convergence of the emerging hypergeometric distributions to the binomial one is formally proved.

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хипергеометрично разпределение (hipergeometrično razpredelenie) — probability distribution
  • Czech: hypergeometrické rozdělení — probability distribution
  • Dutch: hypergeometrische verdeling — probability distribution
  • Finnish: hypergeometrinen jakauma — probability distribution
  • French: loi hypergéométrique — probability distribution
  • German: hypergeometrische Verteilung — probability distribution
  • Hebrew: התפלגות היפרגאומטרית — probability distribution
  • Hungarian: hipergeometrikus eloszlás — probability distribution
  • Hungarian: hipergeometriai eloszlás — probability distribution
  • Italian: distribuzione ipergeometrica — probability distribution
  • Japanese: 超幾何分布 (chōkikabunpu) — probability distribution
  • Polish: rozkład hipergeometryczny — probability distribution
  • Portuguese: distribuição hipergeométrica — probability distribution
  • Russian: гипергеометри́ческое распределе́ние (gipergeometríčeskoje raspredelénije) — probability distribution
  • Spanish: distribución hipergeométrica — probability distribution
  • Swedish: hypergeometrisk fördelning — probability distribution
  • Swedish: hypergeometrisk distribution — probability distribution