A Recursive Formula for Moments of a Binomial Distribution

by Árpád Bényi (University of Massachusetts) and Saverio M. Manago (Naval Postgraduate School)

This article originally appeared in:
College Mathematics Journal
January, 2005

Subject classification(s): Statistics and Probability
Applicable Course(s): 7.1 Mathematical Statistics

Pencil and computer come together in computing higher moments for binomial distributions.

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