Re: Random number routines [was: st: Simple Question - Use of rndbin]

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

Two etymological puns in one sentence -- I think we have a record ;<=


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Subject: Random number routines [was: st: Simple Question - Use of rndbin]



> Let's start again from first principles. A canonical binomial
> problem I take to be something like this. I have 1000 families
> with 6 people. The probability of being left-handed I take to be
> 0.1. What is the distribution of the number of left-handed people
> in each family? (I don't know enough genetics to know if this null
> model is as gauche as it may sound, but there is no sinister
> motive here.)
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