[Boost-commit] svn:boost r38629 - sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/distributions

From: pbristow_at_[hidden]
Date: 2007-08-13 16:18:41

Author: pbristow
Date: 2007-08-13 16:18:35 EDT (Mon, 13 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 38629
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/38629

Log:
update for policy
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   sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/distributions/binomial.qbk |     5 +++++                                   
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Modified: sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/distributions/binomial.qbk
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--- sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/distributions/binomial.qbk	(original)
+++ sandbox/math_toolkit/libs/math/doc/distributions/binomial.qbk	2007-08-13 16:18:35 EDT (Mon, 13 Aug 2007)
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@
 probability of success on a single trial denoted by p. The 
 binomial distribution assumes that p is fixed for all trials.
 
+[note The random variable for the binomial distribution is the number of successes,
+(the number of trials is a fixed property of the distribution)
+whereas for the negative binomial,
+the random variable is the number of trials, for a fixed number of successes.]
+
 The PDF for the binomial distribution is given by:
 
 [$../equations/binomial_ref2.png]