On the probability in the tail of a binomial distribution

1 January 1969

journal article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Advances in Applied Probability

Vol. 1 (1) , 43-72
https://doi.org/10.2307/1426408

Abstract

Suppose that, e.g., in a guessing experiment, the chance of a ‘hit’ at each ‘attempt’ is the constant p, 0 < p < 1. Let q = 1 - p. In a large number n of attempts the ‘average’ number of hits is pn. Let m = (1 + k)pn.

Keywords

PROBABILITY IN THE TAIL
TAIL OF A BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

On Deviations of the Sample Mean
The Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 1960