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Message-ID: <20210325184055.4ab91f6d@rolf-Latitude-E7470>
Date: 2021-03-25T05:40:55Z
From: Rolf Turner
Subject: Off topic --- underdispersed (pseudo) binomial data.
In-Reply-To: <CAGxFJbT80SnBAHAV9UM+n6ETXnKn6Pt0qnvMQk5ezoyzL3RyFw@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:45:01 -0700
<Name suppressed to protect the innocent> wrote:

> "X = {X_1, X_2, ..., X_N} where each X_i
> is an integer between 0 and n (n known a priori)"
> 
> That is a multinomial, not a binomial distribution. A binomial
> distribution can have only two values, success or failure.
> 
> What have I misunderstood?

And then, following up:

> Oh, I think I get what you mean -- you are drawing repeated samples
> from a binomial with n trials and you are counting the number of
> successes for each.

Yes.  Exactly.  Sorry if my post was unclear.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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