The Binomial test, sometimes referred to as the Binomial exact test, is a test used in sampling statistics to assess whether a proportion of a binary variable is equal to some hypothesized value. In ...

Central Limit Theorem: A sampling distribution of the mean is approximately normally distributed if the sample size is sufficiently large. This is true no matter what the population distribution is.

BY MICHAEL BINNS Statistical Research Service, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa SUMMARY A procedure is proposed to estimate the mean of a negative binomial distribution when the value of the exponent, k, is ...