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st: unexpected -rbinomial- behaviour
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Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
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st: unexpected -rbinomial- behaviour
Date
Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:54:38 -0400
Am I wrong to expect rbinomial(n,0) = 0?
. di rbinomial(10,0)
.
I would think that if P(success)= 0, then E(successes)=0.
Jeph
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