Discrete Distributions

Discrete density
function

1
f ( x) =
N

Uniform

f ( x) = p q
x

Bernoulli

n
f ( x) = p x q n x
x

Binomial

e x
f ( x) =
x!

Poisson

Geometric

1 x

Negative Bin..

f ( x) = pq x
n 1 r n r
p q
f ( x) =
r

Parameter
space

Mean

Variance

N = 1,2,...

N +1
2

N2
12

Ne

pq

q + pe t

x = 0,1

q = 1 p
n = 1,2,3,....

np

npq

(q + pe t ) n

f0

( et 1)

x = 0,1,2.........

0 p 1

p
q

p
q2

r
p

rq
p

0 p 1
q = 1 p

Moment .g.f
N

jt

j =1

0 p 1

q = 1 p

0 p 1
q = 1 p
rf0

p
1 qe t
p

t
1 qe

x = 0,1,2.........

n = r , r + 1,...