Improved approximations for the inverse moments of the positive binomial distribution |
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| Authors: | Joseph J Walker |
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| Institution: | Department of Mathematics , Georgia State University , Atlanta, 30303, Georgia |
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| Abstract: | Several alternatives to the most common approximation to the inverse moments of the positive binomial distribution are obtained. The method is based on equating moments and gives considerably better approximations for some values of the parameters. |
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| Keywords: | positive binomial distribution betadistribution |
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