The Correlation between Two Random Variables in a Coin-Tossing Experiment

Authors: 
Jyoti P. Shiwalkar, M.N. Deshpande
Type: 
Journal Article
Volume: 
31(2)
Pages: 
Online
Year: 
2009
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122324638/abstract
Abstract: 

We find the correlation of two jointly distributed random variables connected with a coin tossing experiment. The marginal distributions are binomial and negative binomial.

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