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st: unexpected -rbinomial- behaviour


From   Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: unexpected -rbinomial- behaviour
Date   Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:54:38 -0400


Am I wrong to expect rbinomial(n,0) = 0?

. di rbinomial(10,0)
.

I would think that if P(success)= 0, then E(successes)=0.


Jeph


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