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hypergeometric distribution  

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  • In probability theory and statistics, the hypergeometric distribution is a discrete probability distribution that describes the probability of k successes (random draws for which the object drawn has a specified feature) in n draws, without replacement, from a finite population of size N that contains exactly K objects with that feature, wherein each draw is either a success or a failure. In contrast, the binomial distribution describes the probability of k successes in n draws with replacement. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypergeometric_distribution)

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