hypergeometric distribution

== English == === Noun === hypergeometric distribution (plural hypergeometric distributions) (probability theory, statistics) A discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k "successes" in a sequence of n draws without replacement from a finite population. 2013, Alexandr A. Borovkov, unspecified translator, Probability Theory, [2009, Alexandr A. Borovkov, Teoriya Veroyatnostei, Knizhnyi dom Librokom, 5th Edition], Springer, page 1, Sampling without replacement from a large population is considered, and convergence of the emerging hypergeometric distributions to the binomial one is formally proved. ==== Derived terms ==== negative hypergeometric distribution ==== Related terms ==== hypergeometric random variable ==== Translations ====